Blood Gold

Gold! Hidden Stories of Australia's Past, Book 5 Gold discoveries in Australia created an unprecedented population explosion and with it came crime and lawlessness. In Blood Gold Marji Hill, author of more than 70 publications, tells:* About law and order on the goldfields. * How gold was a target for theft.* How the Native Police were used to enforce law and order.* How with the expanding frontier the Native Police were used to 'disperse' First Nations people from their lands to make way for colonisation.* How the Native Police were a symbol of white colonial attitudes towards First Nations people.* About Australia's first Chinese bushranger, and* Stories of some female bushrangers.If you relish the uncovering of hidden stories, iconic episodes or truth-telling to do with Australia's past, then this beautifully illustrated book and the others in the series are for you.