The Gladstone Colony [An Unwritten Chapter of Australian History] - J F Hogan – First Edition 1898

The Gladstone Colony [An Unwritten Chapter of Australian History] – J F Hogan – First Edition 1898

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Published in London by T. Fisher Unwin 1898. Octavo, 279 pages. Original plum coloured with gilt lettering to front and spine and top edge gilt. A very good copy. From the library of writer historian Harold L Sheard with his distinctive bookplate at front.

Much about the goings on associated with the establishment of Gladstone.

Where we find it interesting is in July 1858 when gold is discovered on the Fitzroy River and then at Calliope. Mayhem ensues as it usually did and within a short time over 400 men were working diggings and making better than a good living – one man 100 Pounds worth in a fortnight 16,000 Pounds in today’s money. Inevitably followed soon after by a chapter titles “a host of disappointed diggers”!

The book on the establishment of Gladstone – and the gold rush.

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The Gladstone Colony [An Unwritten Chapter of Australian History] – J F Hogan – First Edition 1898

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