When Fortune Smiled & Other Tales of the Goldfields by John Drayton

John Drayton; Peter J Bridge, Angela Teague, Rina Ashcroft

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65 WA true tales of the Goldfields. Anecdotes include accounts of violent encounters between Aboriginal people and prospectors; murders; p.7-8 revenge killing of 36 Aborigines for murder of Matt Ellis near Mt Margaret; p. 18 : discovery of gold deposit by Aboriginal servant boy of Jack Dunn; p. 35-36: massacre of Aboriginal group at Mount Catherine; p. 71-73 revenge killing of Aboriginal group for horse killing near Cork Tree Flat by Aboriginal boy Mulaga and Norwegian prospector; p. 107 : account of cannibalism near Nannine; p. 111: establishment of Moola Bulla station for supply of beef to Aboriginal people in the Kimberley to prevent livestock killing.
The rush to Cow Camel, When thieves fall out, Rifles and axes for two, The lost show at Gregory Kills, Skull Creeks bloody baptism, and The patch at Double Cross
xii, 124 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 30 cm #260622
Gold mines and mining — Western Australia — Anecdotes. | Race relations – Violent – Massacres, murders, poisonings etc. – To 1900. | Cannibalism. | Animals – Livestock – Stealing and killing. | Mining industry – Gold. | Western Australia — History — 1851-1901. | Western Australia — History — 1901-1945. | Coolgardie (SE WA Goldfields SH51-09) | Mount Catherine (SE WA SH51-06) | Moola Bulla (WA East Kimberley SE52-09) | Australian

Additional Information

AuthorJohn Drayton; Peter J Bridge, Angela Teague, Rina Ashcroft
Number of pagesxii, 124 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 30 cm
PublisherHesperian Press
Year Published2014
Binding Type

Softcover

Book Condition

Fine

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