Research Catalog
Gold and civilisation
- Title
- Gold and civilisation / with contributions by Tom Stannage, editor [and others].
- Publication
- Sydney : Art Exhibitions Australia ; Canberra : National Museum of Australia, ©2001.
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- Description
- 220 pages : color illustrations; 31 cm
- Summary
- The exhibition explores how the discovery of gold in Australia from 1851 had a profound impact on Australias social and political development by creating enormous wealth and triggering an unprecedented wave of immigration and social change. Personal narratives, photographs and memorabilia will present the stories of those who came to live and work in the goldfields, including artists, goldsmiths, prospectors, ex-convict diggers, entertainers, participants in the Eureka Stockade uprising, Chinese miners, bankers, Aboriginal people, women, children and explorers. Revealing the powerful place of gold in the human imagination, Gold and Civilisation draws on gold artefacts from 35 countries including Austria, China, Denmark, France, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Poland, Russia, Switzerland, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom and The Vatican which represent the highest artistic standards of their culture.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Exhibition catalogs.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-219).
- Contents
- Introduction to gold in Australia / Tom Stannage -- Gold as a mineral. The Hargraves nugget. The Holtermann nugget / Bill Birch -- Life on the early goldfields / Margaret Anderson. Sarah Davenport and Martha Clendinning : two women on the Ballarat Goldfield / Margaret Anderson. The Lambing Flat Riots / Ian Coates. The 'inimitable Mr. Thatcher' / Margaret Anderson. Herbert Hoover and gold mining in Western Australia / Patrick Bertola. Richard Daintree, geologist, photographer and promoter of gold / Ian Coates -- Paving the streets with gold / Alex Bevan -- Mints. William Stanley Jevons. The Tinline salver. The gold sovereign. Gold escorts / John Sharples -- Art of the goldfields / Deborah Clark. George Lacy / Tony Ellwood. Edwin Roper Loftus Stocqueler / Karen Quinlan. Eugene von Guérard / Mary Eagle. S.T. Gill (1818-1880) / Gael Ramsay. Charles Augustus Doudiet / Margaret Rich. Bernard Otto Holtermann / Carol Cains -- Legacy of a goldrush -- drawings by Oscar / Carol Cooper and Kim McKenzie -- Gold and Australian decorative arts / John McPhee. Ernest Leviny / Terence Lane. Emil Todt / Terence Lane. The gold pyramid / Jonathan Sweet. Julius Hogarth (1821-1879) / John Wade -- Australian jewellery. Lola Montez (1820-1861) / John Wade -- Gold and the ancient world. King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. The golden fleece / Colin Hope -- European gold : traditions and collections / Eric Turner. Alchemy / Andrew Reeves. Two gold freedom boxes / Eric Turner. The Rutland salver / Eric Turner -- Gold in the service of religion / Roberto Zagnoli and Edmund Campion. Kiddush cup / Eric Turner. Vladimir mother of god icon / Sasha Grish -- Gold in Asia. Gold for the god : giving and receiving in Hindu worship / John Guy -- African gold / David Dorward -- Gold from the Americas / Peter Mathews. El Dorado / The Natural History Museum, London -- Modern gold mining / Richard Herrington and Chris Stanley. The Normandy nugget / Bill Birch.
- Call Number
- 3-MNO+ 01-11057
- ISBN
- 1875460136
- 9781875460137
- 1875460128
- 9781875460120
- LCCN
- 2002327075
- OCLC
- 48460717
- Title
- Gold and civilisation / with contributions by Tom Stannage, editor [and others].
- Imprint
- Sydney : Art Exhibitions Australia ; Canberra : National Museum of Australia, ©2001.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-219).
- Chronological Term
- 1800-1899
- Added Author
- Stannage, Tom.Art Exhibitions Australia Limited.National Museum of Australia.
- Research Call Number
- 3-MNO+ 01-11057