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COSTLY GOLD: Clutha Riches and Their Human Toll
New Book

COSTLY GOLD: Clutha Riches and Their Human Toll

ISBN# 0589011324
$49.95NZD

1978. 1st edition. The story of the Clutha gold-fields between 1845 and 1870s.

GOLD MINING AT WAIHI 1878 - 1952

GOLD MINING AT WAIHI 1878 - 1952

ISBN# 0908596294
$59.95NZD

1978. The story of the Waihi and district gold mines.

THAMES BOROUGH CENTENARY 1873-1973

THAMES BOROUGH CENTENARY 1873-1973

$59.95NZD

1973 1st edition. Thames-Coromandel District history and memoirs.

COROMANDEL COAST

COROMANDEL COAST

$59.95NZD

1965. 1st edition. Eugene and Valerie Grayland, both of them adventurous motorists and experienced writers, made a leisurely pilgrimage around the Coromandel Peninsula that has a varied history.

HISTORY OF THE RIVER THAMES NZ

HISTORY OF THE RIVER THAMES NZ

$49.95NZD

1967. History of the River Thames New Zealand including a section on mines and hotels.

GOLDEN DAYS OF LAKE COUNTY

GOLDEN DAYS OF LAKE COUNTY

ISBN# 0723301948
$39.95NZD

1949. One of the outstanding regional histories in the series published by the Otago Centennial Historical Committee.

DAYS THAT ARE NO MORE

DAYS THAT ARE NO MORE

$59.95NZD

1953. 1st edition. Description of the writer's experiences on the road, up and down New Zealand, after gold, timber etc.

HISTORIC GOLD TRAILS: of Nelson and Marlborough

HISTORIC GOLD TRAILS: of Nelson and Marlborough

ISBN# 0589009699
$42.95NZD

1978. A traveller's guide to the goldfields of historic Nelson & Marlborough.

GOLD

GOLD

$34.95NZD

1968. 1st edition. Vintage Bulletin for schools.

GOLD TRAILS OF OTAGO

GOLD TRAILS OF OTAGO

ISBN# 589004190
$44.95NZD

1970. 1st edition. A traveller's guide to the Goldfields of Otago including an abbreviated account of the methods employed on the goldfield.

THE BOY COLONISTS: or Eighty Years of Colonial in Otago

THE BOY COLONISTS: or Eighty Years of Colonial in Otago

$47.95NZD

1975. An account of two English boys in Otago New Zealand from 1859 to 1867.

THE STORY of SHANTY TOWN
New Book

THE STORY of SHANTY TOWN

$39.95NZD

1972. History of the Shanty Town and its goldmining legacy with drawings by Valerie Heinz.

RELICS OF THE GOLDFIELDS: Central Otago

RELICS OF THE GOLDFIELDS: Central Otago

ISBN# 0908565127
$19.95NZD

1976. 1st edition. History of the goldfields in Otago from the period of 1865-1910.

GOLDFIELD BALLADEER: The Life and Times of Charles R. Thatcher

GOLDFIELD BALLADEER: The Life and Times of Charles R. Thatcher

ISBN# 0002169037
$34.95NZD

1977. 1st Edition. A biography of Charles Thatcher, the famous balladeer of the New Zealand goldfields.