28/11/2024
New book out!!!!!!
GOLD IN THE RANGES (JAMIESON TO WOODS POINT)
316 pages RRP $70 inc. postage
Go to: www.adventurermaps.com.au to place your order. Also check out the dozens of other books and maps I have on Gippsland.
Books also available at all Gippsland bookshops and newsagents from Warragul to Lakes Entrance, and Local businesses In Jamieson, Woods Point, Walhalla, Erica and Rawson. Miners Den Mitcham, Travel Books and Guides Mitcham, Qikazz 4x4 and Camping and Many Hills Books, etc
The Gold in the Ranges publication is about the mining and history of the Wood's Point to Jamieson Region. The Lloyd Family has kindly given me permission to reprint this excellent publication by the late Brian Lloyd. Hard cover A4 size.
This book about gold and people is a story of hard work, great rewards for some and dogged persistence by many. In 140 years, the mines from Jamieson to Woods Point produced 43 tonnes of gold, worth about $760 million in the values of 2002. The first 3 years on Morning Star Hill produced over $100,000,000 worth of gold in the dollars of 2002. Special features of the book are stories of the harmonious mix of families from many places. They showed great ability in organising their mines, local government and transport, courts, schools, and churches, mail, telegraph and supplies. It is a story of devastating bush fires and of communities determined to survive.