G'day from San Francisco!
I was poking about Google books for a project and came across some interesting old books that I thought might be of use to Aussies and Kiwis looking for gold and/or old areas to search with the metal detector.
Google has archived hundreds of thousands of old books whose copyrights have expired, and they are planning on archiving millions more. These books are availible as free and legal (tho sometimes large) .pdf downloads or for those with slower connections, they can be viewed page by page online.
Using google books, in just a week, I have found more possible sites than I could detect in a lifetime just here in California.
Enjoy!
Researches in the Southern Gold Fields of New South Wales - 305pp. (1860)
http://books.google.com/books?id=cUk1AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=subject:%22Gold%22&lr=&num=50&as_brr=1
Gold Mining and Milling in Western Australia - 648pp. (1903)
http://books.google.com/books?id=M3sxAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=subject:%22Gold%22&lr=&num=50&as_brr=1
Lectures on Gold for the Instruction of Emigrants about to Proceed to Australia - 215pp. (1852)
http://books.google.com/books?id=odMOAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=subject:%22Gold%22&lr=&num=50&as_brr=1
The Gold Colonies of Australia, and Gold Seeker's Manual, With Illustrations - 248pp. (1853)
http://books.google.com/books?id=D8MNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA215&dq=australia+gold+mine&lr=&num=50&as_brr=1#PPP7,M1
Victoria and the Australian Gold Mines in 1857 - 466pp. (1857)
http://books.google.com/books?id=YgkPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA188&dq=australia+gold+mine&lr=&num=50&as_brr=1
Australian Mining Manual - 233pp. (1896)
http://books.google.com/books?id=Uc8JAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA149&dq=australia+gold+mine&lr=&num=50&as_brr=1
The Gold Deposits in Australia - 434pp. (1861)
http://books.google.com/books?id=3p_gPP60Ee4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=subject:%22Gold%22&lr=&num=50&as_brr=1#PPR1,M1
I was poking about Google books for a project and came across some interesting old books that I thought might be of use to Aussies and Kiwis looking for gold and/or old areas to search with the metal detector.
Google has archived hundreds of thousands of old books whose copyrights have expired, and they are planning on archiving millions more. These books are availible as free and legal (tho sometimes large) .pdf downloads or for those with slower connections, they can be viewed page by page online.
Using google books, in just a week, I have found more possible sites than I could detect in a lifetime just here in California.
Enjoy!
Researches in the Southern Gold Fields of New South Wales - 305pp. (1860)
http://books.google.com/books?id=cUk1AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=subject:%22Gold%22&lr=&num=50&as_brr=1
Gold Mining and Milling in Western Australia - 648pp. (1903)
http://books.google.com/books?id=M3sxAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=subject:%22Gold%22&lr=&num=50&as_brr=1
Lectures on Gold for the Instruction of Emigrants about to Proceed to Australia - 215pp. (1852)
http://books.google.com/books?id=odMOAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=subject:%22Gold%22&lr=&num=50&as_brr=1
The Gold Colonies of Australia, and Gold Seeker's Manual, With Illustrations - 248pp. (1853)
http://books.google.com/books?id=D8MNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA215&dq=australia+gold+mine&lr=&num=50&as_brr=1#PPP7,M1
Victoria and the Australian Gold Mines in 1857 - 466pp. (1857)
http://books.google.com/books?id=YgkPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA188&dq=australia+gold+mine&lr=&num=50&as_brr=1
Australian Mining Manual - 233pp. (1896)
http://books.google.com/books?id=Uc8JAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA149&dq=australia+gold+mine&lr=&num=50&as_brr=1
The Gold Deposits in Australia - 434pp. (1861)
http://books.google.com/books?id=3p_gPP60Ee4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=subject:%22Gold%22&lr=&num=50&as_brr=1#PPR1,M1