| Description |
1 online resource. |
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data file |
| Series |
Aboriginal history monograph series ; 25
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Aboriginal history monograph series ; 25.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Preliminary; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Aboriginal people and mining; 2. Discoverers and fossickers; 3. Guiding; 4. Trackers and Native Police; Illustrations; 5. Trade, commerce and theservice sector; 6. Co-habitation; 7. Off the goldfields; 8. Social and environmental change; 9. Governments and missions; Conclusion; Select bibliography. |
| Summary |
Fred Cahir tells the story about the magnitude of Aboriginal involvement on the Victorian goldfields in the middle of the nineteenth century. The first history of Aboriginal-white interaction on the Victorian goldfields, Black Gold offers new insights on one of the great epochs in Australian and world history--the gold story. In vivid detail it describes how Aboriginal people often figured significantly in the search for gold and documents the devastating social impact of gold mining on Victorian Aboriginal communities. It reveals the complexity of their involvement from passive presence, to active discovery, to shunning the goldfields. This detailed examination of Aboriginal people on the goldfields of Victoria provides striking evidence which demonstrates that Aboriginal people participated in gold mining and interacted with non-Aboriginal people in a range of hitherto neglected ways. Running through this book are themes of Aboriginal empowerment, identity, integration, resistance, social disruption and communication. |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Gold mines and mining -- Australia -- Victoria -- 1851-1891.
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Gold mines and mining. |
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Australia. |
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Victoria. |
| Chronological Term |
1851-1891 |
| Subject |
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Victoria -- History -- 19th century.
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Aboriginal Australians. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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1800-1899 |
| Indexed Term |
gold-mining. |
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australian history. |
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indigenous studies. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cahir, Fred, 1963- Black gold. Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press, 2012 (DLC) 2013433565 |
| ISBN |
9781921862960 (electronic book) |
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1921862963 (electronic book) |
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9781921862953 |
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1921862955 |
| Standard No. |
10.26530/OAPEN_459855 |
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