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The Complete Story of Gold in Western Australia . . .
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The Complete Story of Gold in Western Australia . . .
Volume 1 contains independently researched gold discovery history (and challenges generally accepted history in some cases) . . . from the Kimberley in the far north to Phillips River near the south coast, to the remote Duketon field east of Agnew and to the little known Bang-Em-All field in the Gascoyne. It covers the Pilbara, the Murchison, the Yilgarn and Dundas, and of course the original Coolgardie, East Coolgardie (Kalgoorlie), North Coolgardie and Mt Margaret goldfields. There was even an official Donnybrook goldfield.
This historically significant publication documents the gold mines, the companies which developed them and the many towns that sprang up around them . . . most of which can scarcely be located nowadays. It includes comprehensive gold production statistics, a chapter on key individuals, and a chapter on the dark side . . . deaths in mines. Chapter 12 includes extensive information on the most important mines on the historic Golden Mile.
This volume also reveals the little known "Re-Cast" of 1906 which substantially revised statewide gold production figures down by 12%, up to the peak year 1903, which has tricked historians, academics and authors to this very day.
Volume 2 documents the revival of the gold sector since 1980 and contains chronological histories of over one hundred and fifty gold mines. The volume also includes the stories of the gold companies, and mine production statistics up to the end of 2023.
It is an important adjunct to Volume 1, collectively telling The Complete Story of Gold in Western Australia in a way that has never been delivered in one place, in print.
This volume revisits the Robert de Crespigny era, the Lalor brothers, the rise and fall of Alan Bond and Joseph Gutnick . . . and contains the contemporary stories of Northern Star, Evolution Mining, Westgold, Regis Resources, Ramelius Resources and a host of smaller gold miners (more than one hundred companies in all). And then there are the foreign raiders Newmont, Barrick, Gold Fields, AngloGold, Harmony Gold et al who have left an indelible footprint in the West Australian gold sector.
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This third book (published in 2025) by the Author is a stand-alone publication, but is an extension of discovery history covered in Volume 1 of The Complete Story of Gold in Western Australia, and is a valuable adjunct to that two volume set. It is a more in-depth look at the prospectors who made history … and in many cases challenges written gold discovery history ... for Hall’s Creek, Nannine, Cue, Southern Cross, Norseman, Kalgoorlie, Menzies, Burtville etc.
In particular, it brings to the forefront a number of prospectors much less well remembered, who played vital roles in opening up the goldfields of Western Australia and whom deserve as much recognition as the names which are part of goldfields folklore.
This book (also in A4 size) can be ordered on it's own as a separate item, but it is also a FREE give-away when purchasing The Complete Story of Gold in Western Australia two volume set ... in that case ...
SELECT ONLY THE TWO VOLUME SET FOR YOUR SHOPPING CART AND CHECK OUT, AND THIS THIRD BOOK WILL BE INCLUDED IN YOUR CONSIGNMENT AT NO EXTRA COST. DO NOT ADD THE FREE BOOK IN YOUR SHOPPING CART.
ANDREW YOUNGER, QUEENSLAND, DEC 2025 : "Well what can I say Peter - what a fantastic opus! So much work went into this and the product is so readable in spite of its comprehensive scope, and in my limited knowledge, is accurate as well. Bonus.
All I can say is thank you, I will be poring over these books for many years to come whilst at camp out in the goldfields during my annual prospecting trip back to WA".
MICHAEL GILES, PERTH, JAN 2026 : "I loved both books, particularly Volume 2. My main interest lay in the 1985 - 2005 period. I think I've read every Gold Gazette and Register of Australian Mining many times over. I think you may have done this as well. I really enjoyed the read. Factually I could not fault it. Thanks for making these books happen".
(Michael subsequently procured the third book, Who Really Found the Gold?).
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