Historic Gold Towns of Victoria by Brian Carroll (Second Hand Book)

SECOND HAND BOOK

Every painting in this book shows part of an old Victorian gold town still to be seen by all who care to go and look. The text tells what happened there, and when, and who the main participants were.

Victoria’s old gold towns are among its greatest tourist assets. They cater for our sense of wealth, our sense of adventure, our sense of history, our love of old buildings. Gold put Victoria on the economic map of the world.

Exploring Victoria’s gold-fields is a passion for many of her own citizens. Even overseas visitors in a hurry feel they must take a day trip to Ballarat.

The ability to take a day trip from Melbourne to many of Victoria’s gold towns is one of their great attractions. Ballarat is only 110 kilometres away, Bendigo only 150 kilometres. Others, such as Warrandyte, are even closer. That day trip can give you just the taste that turns into an appetite for much longer exploration of Victoria’s golden history.

As the gold ran out, many a gold settlement disappeared completely. Some were mere camps that the diggers folded up and took with them. Some were mostly timber and bark, wiped out quickly by wind and weather and bushfires.

Others lasted long enough to develop into substantial towns of bricks and mortar and bluestone. Many of them linger on, mere shadows of their former selves, only slowly disappearing, long after most of their people have left them.

Still others have found new ways to earn their keep, and live on, preserving the heritage gold gave them.

All have their special attractions. This book offers real travellers and armchair travellers an informative guide about what happened in some of the best known — and some of the not so well known — of Victoria’s gold-fields towns.

Specifications:

Condition: Good. Slight wear and tear on dust cover. Some writing on inside sleeve. Pages in great condition.

Publisher: Quest Publishing

Year: 1986

Format: Hardcover

Pages: 64

ISBN: 094923009X10

$19.00

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