The Gold-Finder of Australia; How he went, how he fared, and how he made his fortune
SHERER, John (ed.)
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Publication Info
Publisher: Clarke, Beeton, & Co.
Edition: 1st Edition
Date Published: 1853
Place Published: London
ISBN: n/a
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Condition: Very Good
Signed: No
Dust Jacket: No
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Details: xii, 372 p. 48 engravings from S. T. Gill's sketches (nowhere credited). Rebound in blue leather with marbled paper boards. Frontispiece and title page have roughened edges. Slight damp staining within. According to his own account, Sherer arrived in Melbourne in 1852, struck it rich mining for gold in Bendigo, then returned home to write this colourful account.