Enchanted beneath the bluff : Agnes & Geraldine's pursuit of Elwood's elusive black diamonds
Hermann, Isaac Douglas2023
Books
Annotation. Within a place of love, sorrow and salvation, where Elwood's Swamp met St. Kilda's Red Bluff, two ardent women - Agnes Simmons and Geraldine Minet - with their Victorian Coal Mining Company, challenged providence and geology. In the days of Suffrage and Spiritualism, these two daring Theosophists sought to bring prosperity to Colonial Victoria of the 1890s in the midst of the Depression. Their engine, 'Helena' was fired up to bore deeper for their black diamonds, than any other coal exploration in the world! Thousands of feet of drilling were shrouded in secrecy and suspicion. Their spirit world's prophecies plummeted to earth, revealing through cold hard facts and bitter disappointment that the only flawless diamonds of their quest lay within their own altruism. It happened here, by Typhus Road shadowed by Slaughter Yard Creek on its swamp bound journey to the restless sea?
Main title:
Enchanted beneath the bluff : Agnes & Geraldine's pursuit of Elwood's elusive black diamonds / Isaac Douglas Hermann, Heather Andrea Arnold.
Author:
Hermann, Isaac Douglas, authorArnold, Heather A., 1959-, author
Imprint:
Melbourne : Isaac Douglas Hermann.[Elwood, Victoria] : Isaac Douglas Hermann, Heather Andrea Arnold, 2023.
Collation:
xviii, 155 pages : illustrations (some colour), coats of arms, maps, portraits ; 22 x 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-151) and index.
ISBN:
0646845144
Dewey class:
994.51
Language:
English
Subject:
Simmons, Agnes, 1851-1929Minet, Geraldine Helena, 1842-1931Victorian Coal Mining Company -- HistoryWomen -- Victoria -- BiographyCoal mines and mining -- Victoria -- St Kilda -- HistoryBooksellers and bookselling -- Victoria -- St Kilda -- HistoryWomen and spiritualism -- VictoriaTheosophyBiographies
Index terms:
Australian
BRN:
544712
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Non Fiction - History | 994.51 HER | Available |
| Brighton Library | Local Area Collection | LOC 994.51 HER | Not for loan (Set: 31 Jul 2023) |
| Sandringham Library | Adult Non Fiction - History | 994.51 HER | Available |