Author: JENNINGS, M. J; Compiler.
Title: Australian Goldfields. Hill of Content Archive Series. A collection of contemporary documents compiled and edited by M.J. Jennings.
Description: 24 loose sheets; extracts from the Port Phillip Gazette, Melbourne Punch, Melbourne Argus, Sydney Morning Herald, Gold Diggers Advocate and Victorian Government Gazette, 6 reproductions of Thomas Ham's engravings of the goldfields, 4 reproductions of S.T. Gill's painting of the diggings, reproductions of a miner's licence, a miners right and a broadside of the Victorian Government Notice for the arrest of Peter Lalor, extracts from the letters of Edward Hargraves, Major General Charles Pasley and a letter written by the citizens of Melbourne to Sis Charles Hotham, a map of Australia showing major goldfields locations, an 8vo booklet, pp. 28, original illustrated stiff stapled wrapper; all in manila folder, title and illustration on front, folder worn, contents in fine condition. Melbourne, Hill Of Content, n.d.150

Keywords: Australian gold mining history min