The Squatting Age In Australia 1835-1847
By Stephen H. Roberts
Published by Melbourne University Press: Melbourne 1964
"An important facsimile reprint of a landmark document from the Victorian gold rush era, Report From The Commission Appointed To Inquire Into The Condition Of The Goldfields reproduces the influential 1855 inquiry into conditions on the Victorian goldfields following the turbulence and unrest surrounding the Eureka Stockade. Edited and introduced by noted Australian folklorist and historian Hugh Anderson, this 1978 Red Rooster Press edition makes accessible one of the most significant primary source documents relating to nineteenth-century mining life, colonial administration, and democratic reform in colonial Victoria.
The report provides remarkable insight into the social, political, and economic realities of the goldfields during one of Australia's most transformative periods. Topics examined include mining licences, political grievances, land access, mining technology, Chinese miners, earnings, social conditions, and the broader administration of the goldfields. The Commission's findings helped shape later reforms and offer historians a vivid contemporary account of the tensions and aspirations that emerged during the gold rush years. Anderson's editorial contribution provides valuable historical context while preserving the integrity and tone of the original nineteenth-century text.
Published in Melbourne by Red Rooster Press in a carefully produced facsimile format, this edition remains a valuable resource for collectors of Australiana, goldfields history, Eureka Stockade material, and Victorian colonial studies. Combining historical importance with strong research value, the volume is both a significant reference work and an appealing addition to collections devoted to Australian social history, mining heritage, and nineteenth-century political development."
Light wear to covers and spine. Book is clean with a small inscription only. An excellent copy in very good condition overall. Please study photos to further understand condition.
