River of gold : the wild days of the Palmer River gold rush / Hector Holthouse.

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TitleRiver of gold : the wild days of the Palmer River gold rush / Hector Holthouse.DescriptionThe gold rush at Palmer River, on Cape York, lasted about seven years in the 1870s, but with 35,000 diggers it was this country's wildest while it lasted. Hector Holthouse has researched the story of those days of "cannibal blacks, pig-tailed Chinamen in thousands, lynch-law hangings, gambling dens, shanty towns, murders, grog-shops and Italian opera singers" and presents a lively and very readable glimpse at a little known event in Australia's history.Personal authorHolthouse, Hector, authorImprintPymble, N.S.W. : Angus & Robertson, 1994; Â©1967EditionAngus & Robertson classics editionLanguageEnglishDate1994-1967Collation217 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.ISBN9780207187780 (paperback)Bib. formatBooksNotesFirst published: Sydney : Angus & Robertson, 1967.; Includes bibliography (pages 211) and index.

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Library of Congress (keywords)Gold mines and mining -- Queensland -- Palmer River Valley -- HistoryGold miners -- Queensland -- Palmer River ValleyPalmer River Valley (Qld.) -- History

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River of gold : the wild days of the Palmer River gold rush / Hector Holthouse.