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Goldfields Personal Histories: A truly unique and fascinating…
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Melbourne
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25-May-2011
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Goldfields Personal Histories: A truly unique and fascinating collection of documents and papers pertaining to a Mr. Augustus William Litton, Ship's Master, Pilot (ship's navigation into Victorian ports during the early Gold Rush), Prospector, Mine Manager, Shareholder and Gentleman. This extraordinary large quantity of correspondence (both business and private), official documents, certificates and receipts and much more from the 1850s thru 1880s essentially tells the story of a man's life - who arrives in Victoria to seek his fortune and whose adventures are played out on the Goldfields and further, in the Colonies of Victoria and NSW in the mid Victorian period. An extremely rare and intimate insight into an individual's personal and social history on the Goldfields and beyond. An historical gem
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