Education in The Sink of Iniquity A history of education in the Amherst and Talbot districts between 1836 and 1862. "This is an impressive piece of historical research. The author has taken a discrete area of early Victoria very directly affected by the gold rushes and has examined the history of schooling in that … Continue reading The Sink of Iniquity
Colonial Victoria
The Cossticks 1700-1900
NOTICE: A 3rd edition of The Cossticks iscurrently being researched and written and was originally intended to be available early in 2024. However, the additional material has already pushed the size of the book to nearly 700 pages, almost twice the length of the the first edition, and looks as though there will be many … Continue reading The Cossticks 1700-1900
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1849 The Rush That Never Started: Forgotten origins of the 1851 gold rushes in Victoria
Many people have the impression that the Victorian gold rushes not only began in mid-1851, but also occurred in response to discoveries earlier in that year near Bathurst, west of Sydney. Not so! The Victorian gold rushes of 1851 were a direct consequence of a largely forgotten gold discovery two years earlier in the Pyrenees … Continue reading 1849 The Rush That Never Started: Forgotten origins of the 1851 gold rushes in Victoria
Historia Incognita 