Blood Gold: Native Police, Bushrangers, and Law and Order on the Goldfields - Paperback

by Marji Hill (Author)

Gold! Hidden Stories of Australia's Past, Book 5

Gold discoveries in Australia created an unprecedented population explosion and with it came crime and lawlessness.

In Blood Gold Marji Hill, author of more than 70 publications, tells:

- About law and order on the goldfields.

- How gold was a target for theft.

- How the Native Police were used to enforce law and order.

- How with the expanding frontier the Native Police were used to "disperse" First Nations people from their lands to make way for colonisation.

- How the Native Police were a symbol of white colonial attitudes towards First Nations people.

- About Australia's first Chinese bushranger, and

- Stories of some female bushrangers.

If you relish the uncovering of hidden stories, iconic episodes or truth-telling to do with Australia's past, then this beautifully illustrated book and the others in the series are for you.