Author: Doughty, James.
Title: Gold in the Blood.
Description: Adelaide Rigby Limited, 1977. 1st ed. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (very good condition dustjacket), black & white photos, reverse side jacket lightly toned (minor edgewear), pages lightly toned, spine ends cover little rubbed, bottom edges book little rubbed, five pages little creased (printing error). 264 pp. James Doughty gives a first-hand account of daily life on various Australian goldfields and the excitement of rushes as some new discovery is made. He searched for gold from Wagga Wagga to Rockhampton and in Western Australia from Larkinville to Nullagine. This is a graphic record of an era now past, where a man could be free as he wanted to be and yet be swayed by gold. ISBN: 0727004573

Keywords: australian history, australian biography, travel, exploration, earth sciences, mining, goldfields, new south wales, queensland, western australia 0727004573


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