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Author Wallace, Lennie, author

Title Nomads of the 19th century Queensland goldfields : the goldfields of Gympie, the Palmer and the Hodgkinson including the life story of Dr. Jack Hamilton 1842-1916 prospector, pugilist, physician, politician / Lennie Wallace
Edition [Second edition?]
Published Brisbane : Boolarong Press, 2012

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Description xiv, 166 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 23 cm
regular print
Summary This is the story of Dr Jack Hamilton and his fellow mining leaders who fought for the democratic rights of the miners from Gympie in the south through Mt Morgan to the Palmer River and helped the fair development of the fledgling colony of Qld during those tumultuous years
Analysis Mining engineering & trades (Queensland)
Modern history (c 1788-1914)
Notes 'Outback books'
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [167]-[168])
Notes Also available online
Subject Hamilton, Jack, 1842-1916.
Gold miners -- Australia -- Queensland -- Biography.
Politicians -- Australia -- Queensland -- Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia -- Queensland.
Gold miners -- Australia -- Queensland -- History -- 19th century.
Gold mines and mining -- Australia -- Queensland -- History -- 19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia -- Queensland.
Gold mines and mining -- Australia -- Queensland -- Biography.
SUBJECT Queensland -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116481 -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012475
Queensland -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116481
Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Gold discoveries. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005926
Genre/Form Biography.
History.
Autobiographies.
LC no. 2001430159
ISBN 9781921920592 (paperback)
Other Titles Goldfields of Gympie, the Palmer and the Hodgkinson including the life story of Dr. Jack Hamilton 1842-1916 prospector, pugilist, physician, politician