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Gold! Hidden Stories of Australia's Past, Book 5

Gold discoveries in Australia created an unprecedented population explosion and with it came crime and lawlessness.

In Blood Gold Marji Hill, author of more than 70 publications, tells:

- About law and order on the goldfields.

- How gold was a target for theft.

- How the Native Police were used to enforce law and order.

- How with the expanding frontier the Native Police were used to "disperse" First Nations people from their lands to make way f...

Blood Gold: Native Police, Bushrangers, and Law and Order on the Goldfields