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Gold

The True Story of the Discovery of Gold in Australia and the Man Who Took the Credit, from the Popular Author of RUM, Perfect for Fans of Grantlee Kieza and David Hunt

by Matt Murphy
Paperback
Publication Date: 05/03/2025
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'Impostor ', 'greedy' and 'incompetent' - Edmund Hammond Hargraves was beloved by few and reviled by many more.



If you were to google 'Who discovered gold in Australia?' you'd promptly get 'Edward Hammond Hargraves'. Hargraves has for decades (and decades) received the fame, fortune and adulation from all corners of the country, but did he earn it?

What about the two diggers he met on the Californian goldfields who told him where to look when he returned home to Australia?

What about the guys who led him to where they'd heard gold had been found before?

What about the pioneers whose discoveries had been documented years earlier?

This is the story of an oversized layabout who received years of accolades and free lunches, despite lumbering from one embarrassment to another, and of those who spent decades trying to expose him and seek their share of the glory.

PRAISE FOR MATT MURPHY'S RUM

'Fun, spirited popular history' Steven Carroll, Sydney Morning Herald/Age

ISBN:
9780733343858
9780733343858
Category:
History: specific events & topics
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
05-03-2025
Language:
English
Publisher:
ABC Books
Country of origin:
Australia
Matt Murphy

At school, Matt Murphy failed English and couldn't see the point of history. He became a firie and has been serving in Sydney's inner city for 33 years. He is now also a part time historian and teacher, tolerating the attitudes of kids towards history that he used to share. His previous book, Weight of Evidence, is about what was the longest civil court case in New South Wales. Matt's younger self would be aghast that he is now writing history books but be consoled by the absurdist voice old Matt has achieved. Matt also can't believe he has to write his own bio.

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