Bibliograph

Ghosts of gold, the life and times of Jupiter Mosman, Marji Hill

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Ghosts of gold, the life and times of Jupiter Mosman, Marji Hill

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

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illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Ghosts of gold

Responsibility statement

Marji Hill

Sub title

the life and times of Jupiter Mosman

Summary

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. Ghosts of Gold tells us 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

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