Gold! Hidden Stories of Australia's Past

Gates of Gold, the first book in the series Gold! Hidden Stories of Australia's Past, tells about the discovery of gold and the legacy it left that changed the face of Australia defining and shaping its identity. Learn about: • how, in the lead up to the discovery of gold with the trailblazing of the British into Victoria and beyond the lives of First Nations people were irrevocably changed. • The catastrophic impact on First Nations people and how they found ways to survive even when the odds were pitched so much against them. • How Australia became like a whirlpool of molten gold sucking in men and women from all over the world creating a population explosion with diverse communities and religions, different races, and different ideologies. • The coming of the Chinese, who contributed greatly to the Australian story, but whose migration to the goldfields gave birth to racist, anti-Chinese sentiment. • The seeds of the Australian uprising and how the Eureka Stockade on the goldfields in 1854 was a battle inspired by political purpose. • A landscape transformed, a country upset, turned upside down, and a once pristine environment redesigned. • How the prevailing attitudes of the Europeans in the nineteenth century justified their actions prior to the discovery of gold and its aftermath. If you relish the uncovering of hidden stories, iconic episodes or truth telling to do with Australia's past, then this book and the others in the series are for you.

The Eureka Stockade laid the foundation for many aspects of the democratic system that Australia has today-freedom of speech, the right to vote, and political equality. Marji Hill, author of more than 70 publications, in Shadows of Gold, tells how: • The discovery of gold in Victoria led to seeds of rebellion. • The gold rush resulted in a population explosion and was to become Australia's greatest decade in people building with diverse communities and religions, different races, and different ideologies. • The arrival of the British in Victoria had a catastrophic impact on First Nations people changing the lives of First Nations people forever. • The gold miners with the discovery of gold in Victoria were politically powerless and stung by daily oppression. • The stage was set for one of the most dramatic episodes of Australia's history. 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.

Gold and the Chinese is the story of the Chinese on the Australian goldfields: the abuse, misunderstanding, and discrimination against them and how these anti-Chinese sentiments led to institutionalised racism. Marji Hill, the author of more than 70 publications, tells: • about the Asian visitors to Australia who were part of a great north-south trade route stretching from China to Australia and back. • about the arrival of the Chinese, who contributed greatly to the Australian story, but whose migration to the goldfields gave birth to racist, anti-Chinese sentiment. • why there was this ill-feeling towards the Chinese. • how the White Australia Policy was shaped by decades of anti-Chinese sentiment extending back to the goldfields. • about the stories of violence against the Chinese in Victoria's Buckland Valley and at Lambing Flat in New South Wales. 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.