Journal of Australasian mining history 2007, Australian Mining History Association, 2007

Historical information

Periodical/journal: "Embracing all aspects of mining history, mining archaeology and heritage."

Articles by various contributors

Copper Triangle’s Spanish Legacy: Leaching the Waste Dumps at Moonta Mines 1901-1944.
Australian Geochemical Mineral Exploration: It all began at Moonta through V.P. Sokoloff.
Hegemony, localism and ethnicity: The ‘Welsh’ mining communities of Currawang and Frogmore in southern New South Wales.
A Thirsty and Confusing Diggings: The Albert Goldfield, Milparinka-Tibooburra, north-western NSW.
‘Another Broken Hill’: The Mount Deddick Silver-Lead Field.
Michael Dineen O’Keeffe: Union Leader - a ‘colourful personality.
Radium Hill: Bindi To Boom Town.
Tragedy on the Strickland: Jack Hides and the Investors Ltd Expedition of 1937

COMMENTS
Observations on the History of the Blackwater Gold Mine. Comment on Brian R. Hill, ‘A Reinterpretation of the History of the Acquisition of the Blackwater Gold Mine’, Journal of Australasian Mining History, vol. 4, September 2006, pp. 156-165.

BOOK REVIEWS
Bullfinch and the Yilgarn Goldfield, Hesperian Press, Victoria Park, Western Australia, 2007; xvi +265pp Reviewer: Lenore Layman, Murdoch University
Fool’s Gold: Myths and Legends of Gold seeking in Australia, Lothian Books, Sydney, 2006. Reviewer: Philip Payton, Exeter University

Significance

Relevant to Australian and New Zealand history, particularly around miners and mining.

Physical description

Paperback.

Front cover: crème coloured background; black and white photo; red and black lettering; 180 pages.

Inscriptions & markings

Front cover: title and publisher.

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