Journal of Australasian Mining History
Volume 18
October 2020
TABLE OF CONTENTS
REFEREED
ROSS A. BOTH 1-26
Pitmen poets: Songs and verse from the Australian coalfields
ALWYN EVANS and RAYMOND B. BEVAN 27-48
Some mining engineers from South Wales and their role in Australian coalmining
JOHN E. FERGUSON and Jim S. DUGDALE 49-64
The Nugget from Nashville (Gympie) 1868: Of Perseverance and a Prince
RUTH S. KERR 65-79
The Aldershot Smelter, Queensland
LENORE LAYMAN 80-95
Establishing Wittenoom’s asbestos industry: the role of government
DAVID LEE 96-112
Australia’s Embargo of the Export of Iron Ore: a Reconsideration
KEN McQUEEN 113-133
The golden sands of Jerusalem Creek: Early beach placer mining on the north coast of New South Wales
KEITH PRESTON 134-155
Briseis water supply scheme 1901-1910: a premium investment
UNREFEREED
PETER EVANS 156-168
The mystery of the ‘John Donald’ winding engine …
ROBIN McLACHLAN 169-185
Frank Jay Dunleavy: An Australian Agitator on the Klondike in 1898
BOOK REVIEWS
Robert W.P. Ashley, The Mining Expert Phillip Davies 1831-1898. 186-189
Reviewers: Alwyn Evans and Bill Jones
Lenore Layman and Gail Philips (eds), Asbestos in Australia: From Boom to Dust. 190-192
Reviewer: Anne Both
Philip Payton, The Cornish Overseas: A History of Cornwall’s ‘Great Emigration’. revised and expanded 3rd edition. 193-194
Reviewer: Peter Bell
Denis Porter, Coal, the Australian Story: From convict mining to the birth of a world leader. 195-197
Reviewer: Alan Murray
Robert Porter, Consolidated Goldfields in Australia: The Rise and Decline of a Mining House, 1926-1998. 198-201
Reviewer: Jeremy Mouat
Marjorie Theobold, The Accidental Town: Castlemaine, 1851-1861. 202-202
Reviewer: James Lerk
Karl Wolzak, No Royalty No Deal: The Story of Royce (Bill) William Allen – Prospector. 203-203
Reviewer: John Rees
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