This volume focuses on mining. The goldfields stories in Household Words present a broad picture of life at the diggings. Occasionally a fabulous find (sometime spent in a week); but, more often, depictions of optimistic diggers being beaten by the hard life, hard luck or looming failure. There are stories of men and women from all ranks of society, sailors on the run and Chinese immigrants, all hoping to make a fortune.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
'It is a genuinely fascinating piece of Australiana that has been edited and collated by Margaret Mendelawitz. Many pieces demonstrate Dickens' enduring commitment to social change and moral uplift.'
Sydney Morning Herald, 2-3 July 2011
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Produkt-Hinweis
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Maße
Höhe: 210 mm
Breite: 148 mm
Dicke: 16 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-1-920899-25-7 (9781920899257)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Margaret Mendelawitz is a graduate in history and anthropology from the University of Western Australia.
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Zusammengestellt
Foreword
Introduction
Life in the Burra mines of South Australia
Chip: a visit to the Burra Burra mines
Chip: a golden newspaper
Unfortunate James Daley
Harvest of gold
Australian carriers
Digger's diary: in occasional chapters - part one
Digger's diary: in occasional chapters - part two
Digger's diary: in occasional chapters - part three
Digger's diary: in occasional chapters - part four
Chip: digging sailors
The ballad of the gold-digger [poem]
Lost and found in the gold fields
Bad luck at Bendigo
The cradle and the grave
Gold hunting in two parts: part one
Gold hunting in two parts: part two
A diggers wedding
Shadows of a golden image
Contributors to Household Words
Bibliography
