Ghosts Of Gold: The Life And Times Of Jupiter Mosman (Gold! Hidden Stories Of Australia’S Past,)

Ghosts of Gold: The Life and Times of Jupiter Mosman is the story of First Nations man who discovered gold at Charters Towers in North Queensland. In Ghosts of Gold, Book 4 in the series Gold! Hidden Stories of Australia's Past, Marji Hill, author of more than 70 publications, tells: How the discovery of gold at Charters Towers in the years 1872 to 1917 became Australia's largest high-grade gold producer. About Jupiter Mosman, his life, final years, and his experience with discrimination and injustice. How the land of opportunity on the northern frontier was taken over by British pastoralists and minersAbout the meaning of the policy of "dispersal"and its associated campaign of frontier violence against First Nations people About the birth of Charters Towers, some of its stories, epic overland cattle drives, and the work of drovers like Jupiter Mosman If you relish the uncovering of hidden stories, iconic episodes or truth telling to do with Australia's past, then this book and the others in the series are for you.

• | Author: Marji Hill
• | Publisher: Prison Tree Press, The
• | Publication Date: Aug 19, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 132 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 064548346X
• | ISBN-13: 9780645483468