01463     2200169   4500010001800000101001300018102000800031200006900039210004600108215002600154330101500180345001401195606002301209676000801232700003201240801002101272  a9781741669251  aengceng  aAUS  aGold!bLIVfDavid HilleThe fever that forever changed Australia  a[S.l.]cWilliam Heinemann Australiad2010  a1 vol. (497p.)d20 cm  aAustralia's incredible gold rushes of the mid- to late-1800s produced tremendous wealth and ensured the financial survival of the struggling Australian colonies. Not only that, but they also tripled the country's small population, were the last nail in the coffin for convict transportation, subverted the hierarchical British class system, laid the foundations of the Australian egalitarian ethos and stimulated the democratic ideas that led to the establishment of the nation of Australia.David Hill recreates this monumental turning point in Australia's history using the diaries, journals, books, letters, official reports, Parliamentary enquiries and newspaper reports of the time, along with his own master storyteller's skill of bringing the past to life.From New South Wales and Victoria, up to Queensland and the Northern Territory, then down to Tasmania and across the great deserts of Western Australia, David Hill tracks the people and the huge gold discoveries that would forever change Australia.  a34,95 $au  aHistoryyAustralia  a994  aHillbDavid4Chef de choeur  aFRbMOc20120723