Gold rush : going gold crazy!
Cormick, Craig, 1961-2022
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Gold Fever is what makes ordinary people act like completely crazy people. And there are plenty of examples of that in this book! We all know that gold makes people act a bit crazy - but imagine just how crazy things would be if the 19th Century Australian colonies were all run by different countries. The French in modern day Victoria and British in modern day New South Wales would be busy coming up with crazy plans to steal each other's gold. And indigenous people, diggers and bushrangers would have their own plans as to who should get the gold. As would a peculiar bushranger in armour, with plans to start a new Irish republic. A very different and amusing history of Australia, where the unexpected happens in unexpected ways.
Gold rush : going gold crazy! / by Craig Cormick ; illustrated by Cheri Hughes.
Cormick, Craig, 1961-, authorHughes, Cheri, illustrator
Newport, NSW : Big Sky Publishing, 2022.
260 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Interest age level: 8-12 years old.
9781922615824 (pbk)9781922615824
994.031994
English
Gold mines and mining -- Australia -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literatureGold -- Australia -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literatureAustralia -- Gold discoveries -- Juvenile literatureAustralia -- History -- Juvenile literatureAustralia -- Foreign relations -- History -- Juvenile literatureCreative nonfictionCounterfactual histories
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Brighton Library | Junior Non-Fiction History | J 994 COR | Available |