MATES AND GOLD: Reminiscences of the early Westralian Goldfields 1890 - 1896

Hesperian Press, 1980. Softcover. Very Good. MINING West Australiana Maps and b&w illusts. #101214/0119/0121/110122/071222 viii, 165 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 21 cm. First Edition.  Goldmining Includes descriptions of the gold prospectors' relations with and attitudes towards the Aboriginal population with whom they were often in conflict.Sligo, N.K. (Norman Kenneth), 1866-1941.  |  Gold deposits. Prospecting. Western Australia. Personal observations  |  Gold mines and mining -- Western Australia -- History -- 19th century.  |  Prospecting -- Western Australia -- History -- 19th century.  |  Gold miners -- Western Australia -- Biography.  |  History - Biographies - Non-Indigenous.  |  Mining industry - Gold.  |  Race relations - Attitudes.  |  Western Australia -- History -- 1829-1900.  |  Kalgoorlie map area (SE WA Goldfields SH51-09)  |  Coolgardie (SE WA Goldfields SH51-09)  |  Murchison (WA Gascoyne / Murchison SG50-10)  |  Kalgoorlie-Boulder (SE WA Goldfields SH51-09) Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.