Black gold : Aboriginal people on the goldfields of Victoria, 1850-1870

Black gold Aboriginal people on the goldfields of Victoria, 1850-1870

Fred Cahir tells the story about the magnitude of Aboriginal involvement on the Victorian goldfields in the middle of the nineteenth century. The first history of Aboriginal–white interaction on the Victorian goldfields, Black Gold offers new insights on one of the great epochs in Australian and wor...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Cahir, Fred, 1963- author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Canberra ANU Press 2012
Canberra, Australia : 2012.
Colección:Aboriginal History Monograph ; volume 25.
Materias:
Gold mines and mining > Australia > Victoria > 1851-1891.
Aboriginal Australians > Australia > Victoria > History > 19th century.
Mining industry - Gold.
gold-mining
australian history
indigenous studies
Aboriginal Australians
Ballarat
Corroboree
Gold mining
Victoria (Australia)
White people
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009419964706719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preliminary
  • Preface and acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1. Aboriginal people and mining
  • 2. Discoverers and fossickers
  • 3. Guiding
  • 4. Trackers and Native Police
  • Illustrations
  • 5. Trade, commerce and the service sector
  • 6. Co-habitation
  • 7. Off the goldfields
  • 8. Social and environmental change
  • 9. Governments and missions
  • Conclusion
  • Select bibliography
  • Index.

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