One hundred years ago over two hundred and fifty railwaymen from across the state left Australia for the Western Front. Many were over age and some of doubtful fi...
The first, and hopefully not the last, Australian politician shot for spying. Unreported byways and fascinating African adventures in the Great Game.
Connelly snr found the Fifield Platinum in NSW. His son discovered the Murchison GF in WA in 1890.
Prof W Nicholas was manager of the Burbanks goldmine. Originally published in 1895, this idiosyncratic pamphlet was written to advise prospectors as to the geology a...
The jury is still out as to whether the Count was merely a demented Diego, a con artist, or a lost relic of Buonaparte's empire.
The discovery of gold at Crawford's Patch, Laverton, in the 1890s was another expansion of the fortunes of the Crawford farming family in South and Western Australi...
Pastoral pioneer John Withnell studied the natives of the NW for many years.
The author combines her own rich personal knowledge and insight of goldfields’ life with her thorough research to make an important contribution to the history of...
Police Constable Willshire published four books in the 1880s-1890s on Aboriginal customs and his experiences among them in South Australia and the Northern Territory.
The great pioneering family. The Dempster interests ranged from shipping and coastal trading to merchandising, from whaling to farming.