Nothing But Gold: The Diggers of 1852

Robyn Annear's lively history describes in detail life on the diggings: the mud of winter & dust of summer, the pluckiness of the women & children, the grog shanties, the flies, the mania of mining, the despair & the delirium, & the much hated licensing system which was to culminate in the Eureka Stockade.;

Cover Page -- About the Author -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Illustration Sources -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- Weights & Measures -- A Note about Goldfield Names -- Prelude -- One: Discovery -- Two: The Great Exhibition -- Three: Melbourne-bound -- Four: Diggings, Ho! -- Five: The Road -- Six: The Tent -- Seven: Tentkeeping -- Eight: The Land of Chops & Steak -- Nine: The Neighbourhood -- Ten: Time Off -- Eleven: Sundays -- Twelve: When the Dustwinds Blow -- Thirteen: Rush -- Fourteen: Dig -- Fifteen: Perseverance -- Sixteen: Diggers' Gold.

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Robyn Annear is the author of six books of history, including Bearbrass: Imagining Early Melbourne, Nothing but Gold: The Diggers of 1852 and, most recently, Nothing New: a History of Second-hand. Her podcast 'Nothing on TV' presents stories from Trove historical newspapers.