- 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
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