Author: Carnegie, Margaret; Boldrewood, Rolf.
Title: Pacific Gold: California 1848 Australia 1851 [Including the Genesis of Gold-Fields Law in Australia].
Description: Melbourne Kildrummie Press, 1993. Paperback trade, very good condition, stapled, black & white photos, map, minor edgewear. 38 pp. Margaret Carnegie relates the story of the desperate and lawless times in San Francisco caused by the Sydney Ducks, a criminal minority among the Australians who invaded San Francisco. A committee of vigilance was formed to enforce law and order. A number of Sydney Ducks were hanged. There is also a reprinted article by Rolf Boldrewood (The Genesis of Gold-fields Law in Australia) which describes goldfield law in New South Wales after the tide turned. and the miners crossed the Pacific to the new gold frontier in Australia. ISBN: 0646140450

Keywords: australian history, earth sciences, geology, mining, pacific, united states, california, pamphlets 0646140450


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