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It's a short book, but lots of good pictures and extracts from newspapers, etc of the time. Interesting information on Chinese and Aborigines on the goldfields and in the towns. It wasn't all bad as some people like to make out. Progress Association considered hydro-electric power P 45 A Goldfield's jail where lobotomies were later given. Page 50 Highly productive Gold mines in St Arnaud, Italian Gully, and Piggoreet. Chapters 1, 7, and 8. Nostalgia for the Gold Rush, the forming of reunions. Page 66 Aborigines and cultural connections shared mythic and religious foundations. Chapters 11, 12. Aboriginal astronomy beliefs, compared with Greek astronomy. P 103 Does Aboriginal culture predate their arrival in Australia? P 107 Aboriginals as Police on the Goldfields, guides, traders, and miners. Chapter 13. Reminisces of pioneers, an account of the trek to the Goldfields. Chapters 10, 14.