Victoria. Gold Fields. Report from the Select Committee on the Management of the Gold Fields, together with the Proceedings of the Committee, and Minutes of Evidence

AUSTRALIA - GOLD RUSH

Published by Melbourne: John Ferres, at the Government Printing Office, January 1853.

About this Item

Folio (13 2/8 x 8 inches). Printed on blue paper. Modern brown leatherette, gilt. A far-reaching, although incomplete, report of the select committee in to the management of the gold fields, which examined everything from the number of officers required to maintain order at the diggings to the preservation of fresh water holes, the regulation of butchers and other 'hawkers', and 'sly grog-selling'.

Seller Inventory # 72lib908

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Victoria. Gold Fields. Report from the Select Committee on the Management of the Gold Fields, together with the Proceedings of the Committee, and Minutes of Evidence
• Publisher: Melbourne: John Ferres, at the Government Printing Office, January 1853.
• Binding: Hardcover
• Seller catalogs:
  • Gold Rush
  • Australia