Mining towns
Subtitle: making a living, making a life
By: Erik Eklund
Publisher: NewSouth Publishing; University of New South Wales Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Sydney
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9781742233529
Subjects: Cities and towns; Mineral industries; Miners; Dwellings
Description: At any given moment in our history Australia has been in the middle of a mining boom. This book is a history of iconic Australian towns that have emerged as a result of these booms: Broken Hill, Mount Isa, Queenstown, Mount Morgan, Port Pirie and Kambalda.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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