Physical description

Book - 240 pages + end papers + hard covers + dust jacket titled "Life after Gold - Twenthieth-Century Ballarat" Dust jacket printed in colour, sewn sections, end papers glued to cover. Has table contents, list of illustrations, list of maps, acknowledgements, table of conversions, an index, appendices, abbreviations, notes, bibliography.

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

On the inside cover has a book plate that it was given to the Victorian Squash Association during the 14th Australian Junior Squash Championships in Ballarat by the Commissioners of the City of Ballarat 29-9-1995.

Summary

Details the history of Ballarat following the 19th century gold discoveries and how Ballarat changed its industry and social life in particular after the 1st and 2nd world wars and the change of Government policies in respect of trade and social welfare.