Wither William Bramwell (1 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. Facsimile Edition. xx, 395pp, index, bw & duotone plates, large folding map, folding col plate. Or green cloth in decorative jacket. Folding colour plate slightly misfolded with minor foxing to verso, light foxing to page edges. Jacket shows some foxing, particularly to the rear panel. Facsimile of the second edition of 1887 with the jacket recreating the decorative cloth of the original. Covers the early history of Ballarat including the aboriginal inhabitants, early wheat and pastoral farming with the majority of the book dealing with the times of the gold rushes and gold mining (including the Eureka Stockade). The final section is on the town of Ballarat itself with details of cultural, industiral commercial and social aspects. Size: 8vo. …