From Antarctica to the gold rushes in the wake of Erebus

Title: From Antarctica to the gold rushes in the wake of Erebus
Creator: Ramsland, John
Relation: http://www.brolgapublishing.com.au
Publisher: Brolga Publishing
Resource Type: book
Date: 2011
Description: The story of Alexander Smith (1812-1872) of the British Navy who survived shipwreck, sailed the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans and finally served gallantly on Captain James Clark Ross' famed Antarctic Expedition. He was later appointed a well-respected Goldfields Commissioner in Castlemaine during the 1850s Victorian gold rushes.
Subject: Antarctica; gold rush; Alexander Smith; Antarctic expedition; Victorian gold rush
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1053643
Identifier: uon:15642
Identifier: ISBN:9781921596926
Language: eng