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Pay Dirt by Hilary Low
39.99 NZD
Category: Rotorua Books | Reading Level: very good
'Pay Dirt: "The Westland Goldfields," from the diary of William Smart' is the fascinating story of how payable gold was discovered in West Canterbury, and of claims to the government s rich gold reward. It tells how English settler William Smart left Christchurch in 1862 to prospect for gold in the unch ...Show more
Pushing His Luck : Report of the expedition and death of Harry Whitcombe by Hilary Low translated from Jakob Lauper
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
In 1863 Henry Whitcombe, a young civil engineer and Canterbury's Provincial Road Surveyor, led an expedition to find a route across the Southern Alps in advance of the West Coast gold rushes. Jakob Lauper, a hardy Swiss goldminer, was hired to accompany him. The journey turned to tragedy. Dogged by appa ...Show more
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