| Description |
396 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Machine-generated contents note: Introduction : An Australasian Goldfield / Lloyd Carpenter and Lyndon Fraser -- 'Tasman World' : Investigating gold-rush-era historical links and subsequent regional development between Otago and Victoria / Chris McConville, Keir Reeves and Andrew Reeves -- 'A Great Many People I Know from Victoria' : The Victorian dimension of the Otago gold rushes / Daniel Davy -- 'If I Was Not Here, I Would Not Come Here Now' : The Tuapeka gold rush, 1861-62 / Terry J. Hearn -- Populism, Parochialism and Public Works : Politics on the Otago goldfields from the 1860s to the 1880s / John Angus -- Finding 'Te Wherro in Otakou' : Otago Ma⁺ѕori and the gold rush / Lloyd Carpenter -- The Otago Chinese Goldminers : Factors that helped them survive / James Ng -- 'Opening Wealth's Door' : Chinese market gardening on the goldfields / Joanna Boileau |
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A Trade in Chinese Men and Supplies : Lowe Kong Meng and the organisation of the Chinese gold rush in Otago / Paul Macgregor -- 'A Magnificent Stamp of a Woman' : Female sly grog sellers and hotelkeepers on the Central Otago goldfields 1861-1901 / Sandra Quick -- 'Forgetting Their Place' : Women of abandoned character on the Otago goldfields / Julia Bradshaw -- 'Prity Fare Trade at Present' : Irish women, mobility and work on the West Coast goldfields / Lyndon Fraser -- Harsh Environment, Softer Sociology : The Dunstan gold rush 1862-2014 and the need for a fresh assessment / Tom Brooking -- A Runholder's Dream Dashed by the Discovery of Gold / Rosemary Marryatt -- The Merchants of the Rush : The proto-bankers of the goldfields / Lloyd Carpenter -- The Early Central Otago Goldfield Lawyers / Jeremy Finn -- Wooden Rails and Gold : Southland and the demise of the provinces / Andre⁺ѓ Brett -- Challenges in Story-based Interpretation : Gold-rush heritage and visitors / Warwick Frost |
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Central Otago Goldfields Archaeology / Neville Ritchie -- Thatcher, Vitelli and Small / A play by Fiona Farrell with music compiled by Robert Hoskins |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Gold mines and mining -- New Zealand -- Otago -- History -- 19th century.
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Gold mines and mining -- New Zealand -- West Coast -- History -- 19th century.
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Gold mines and mining -- Australia -- Victoria -- History -- 19th century.
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| SUBJECT |
Otago (N.Z.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93113558 -- History -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006167
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Otago (N.Z.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93113558 -- Commerce http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001412 -- History -- 19th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006167
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Author |
Carpenter, Lloyd (Lloyd William), editor, author
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Fraser, Lyndon, editor, author
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| LC no. |
2016388198 |
| ISBN |
9781877578540 |
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1877578541 |
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