Blood Gold

Gold! Hidden Stories of Australia's Past, Book 5

 

Gold discoveries in Australia created an unprecedented population explosion and with it came crime and lawlessness.



In Blood Gold Marji Hill, author of more than 70 publications, tells:



•   About law and order on the goldfields.    

•   How gold was a target for theft.

•   How the Native Police were used to enforce law and order.

•   How with the expanding frontier the Native Police were used to "disperse" First Nations people from their lands to make way for colonisation.

•   How the Native Police were a symbol of white colonial attitudes towards First Nations people.

•   About Australia's first Chinese bushranger, and

•   Stories of some female bushrangers.



If you relish the uncovering of hidden stories, iconic episodes or truth-telling to do with Australia's past, then this beautifully illustrated book and the others in the series are for you.