Nomads of the 19th Century Queensland Goldfields

Download or read book Nomads of the 19th Century Queensland Goldfields written by Lennie Wallace and published by Boolarong Press. This book was released on 2012-07-20 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Gympie in the south, through Mount Morgan and Canoona on the central coast, to Palmer River and Hodgkinson in the tropical north, the 19th century Queensland goldfields were a magnet for tumultuous swarms of nomadic fossickers. They were also a breeding ground for true leaders of men. ‘Dr Jack’ Hamilton he was one of those natural leaders. He healed the sick and the wounded he was a prodigious bare-knuckle puglist and he fearlessly defended the underdog. Subsequently in 1878 he became a Queensland politician and for the miners rights.