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Weston Bate
Books by Weston Bate
Lucky City
The First Generation at Ballarat: 1851-1901
By Weston Bate
Ballarat was not a typical goldfield. There was little surface alluvial gold and, in a tantalising search for fabulous underground river beds the, the youthful migrants of the 1850s overcame immense obstacles. They were both thrifty and speculative, using the profits of one bonanza to pursue anot...