| Description |
1 online resource (461 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits |
| Contents |
FOREWORD; PART 1. The Impace of the Gold Rushes; 1. Changing lives: Aboriginal people in the Leonora region,1869-1940: The first encounters; PART II. The Mines; 3. The industry and labour at the Sons of Gwalia mine; Voices from the Sons of Gwalia; 4. Mining and processing at the Sons of Gwalia mine; 5. The Gwalia woodline; 6. Fortune and failure: Other mines, other metals; PART III. Pastoralism and Aboriginal People; 8. ̀'Good times and bad times right through': Pastoralism in the Shire of Leonora; 9. Changing times: Aboriginal people in the Leonora region, 1940-2008 |
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PART IV. Living in Leonora and Gwalia10. Leonora and Gwalia; Family Life; 11. Settlers and sojourners: Gwalia's Italian community; 12. Camels, carting and conflict: Afghans in Leonora 1896-1946; The Wars Come; 13. Qualified for any emergency: Nursing and medical care; Sporting Life; ENDNOTES; ORAL HISTORY PROGJECT: Leonora/Gwalia; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX |
| Summary |
The goldfields have been a powerful influence on both Australian and Western Australian history. Gold has driven development in many parts of Australia. A great number of family lives have been shaped by migration to and from the fields. Reminiscences, and family and local histories have produced powerful and oft-repeated narratives. This book moves beyond the oft-told. It tells of Aboriginal history, of people who have 'always been here, and we always will be here'. Women's and children's lives are explored as well as those of prospectors and miners, the settlement of 'Afghans' and the story o |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- Australia & New Zealand.
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| SUBJECT |
Leonora Region (W.A.) -- History
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Gwalia (W.A.) -- History
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Layman, Lenore
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Fitzgerald, Criena
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Western Australian Museum.
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| ISBN |
9781925040036 |
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1925040038 |
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