Title Ballarat : a brief history / by A.W. Strange

Published Kilmore, Vic. : Lowden Publishing Co, 1971 Kilmore, Vic. : Lowden Publishing Co, [1971] ©1971

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS	994.5 Str/Bab		AVAILABLE
ADPML GENEA	994.5 Str/Bab		LIB USE ONLY
ADPML SPWV	994.5 Str		LIB USE ONLY

Description xi, 78 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Series Historical briefs series ; no. 2 Historical briefs series ; no. 2 Contents The Ballarst Aborigines -- Early settlement -- The gold discovery -- The second rush -- The eureka affair -- Ballarat - the gold rush Canvas Town -- Ballarat consolidated -- Ballarat's richest mine -- Local government -- Ballarat stock exchange -- Charitable Institutions -- Quartz mining -- The quartz mines of Ballarat West -- The working conditions of the Quartz mines -- The miner -- The welcome nugget -- Gold statistics -- When the railway came to Ballarat -- The gold king of Buninyong -- Ballarat statuary -- Medicine and undertakers -- Pionneer industry -- Modern industrial Ballarat -- Glossary Summary This brief history of Ballarat gives a vivid picture of Australia's most famous gold town of yesterday: its development from the early days and follows its expansion and decline through the years Notes Includes index SUBJECT Ballarat (Vic.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79089345 Ballarat (Vic.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79089345 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 LC no. 74176075 ISBN 0909706158 0909706166

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