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Nomads of the 19th century Queensland goldfields, the goldfields of Gympie, the Palmer and the Hodgkinson including the life story of Dr Jack Hamilton, 1842-1916, prospector, purgilist, physician, polititian

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Nomads of the 19th century Queensland goldfields

the goldfields of Gympie, the Palmer and the Hodgkinson including the life story of Dr Jack Hamilton, 1842-1916, prospector, purgilist, physician, polititian

From Gympie in the south, through Mount Morgan and Canoona on the central coast, to Palmer River and Hodgkinson in the tropical north, the 19th century Queensland goldfields were a magnet for tumultuous swarms of nomadic fossickers. They were also a breeding ground for true leaders of men. 'Dr Jack' Hamilton was one of these natural leaders. He selflessly healed the sick and the wounded, he was a prodigious bare-knuckle pugilist and he fearlessly defended the underdog. Subsequently in 1878 he became a formidable Queensland politician fighting for the democratic rights of the miners and the fair development of the fledgling colony of Queensland. This is the real-life story of 'Dr Jack' and his fellow mining leaders like Philip and Macrossan. They were the true heroes of our time