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Gold rush : tales & traditions of the New Zealand goldfields / Gordon Ell.

Title
Gold rush : tales & traditions of the New Zealand goldfields / Gordon Ell.
Author
Ell, Gordon
Publication
Auckland : Bush Press, 1995.

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Description
128 p. :ill., maps; 22 cm.
Summary
"Stories ... tell of the characters and incidents of the great gold rushes last century ... traditional information about the miners' lives, and the different ways that gold was recovered ... of the various nationalities and clashes of personalities"--P. [1].
Subject
  • Gold mines and mining > New Zealand > History
  • New Zealand > Social life and customs
  • New Zealand > History > 1840-1876
  • New Zealand > Gold discoveries
Genre/Form
  • History
  • Anecdotes
  • Anecdotes.
  • History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 126-128).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The prospectors -- The diggers -- Gold rushes -- Recovery of gold -- Goldfields life and characters -- Getting about -- Dangers and death -- Rogues and robberies -- Goldfields politics.
ISBN
0908608705
LCCN
^^^95208360^
OCLC
  • 35305033
  • SCSB-12318580
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library