The Goldfields Illustrated Sketches Of S.T. Gill 1972 Australian History Book
The Goldfields Illustrated
The Sketches Of S.T. Gill
Published by Lansdowne Press Pty Ltd: Melbourne 1972 1st Edition
"The Goldfields Illustrated presents a vivid visual record of the Victorian gold rush through the remarkable sketches of S. T. Gill, one of Australia's most important nineteenth-century artists and social observers. Gill travelled to the goldfields in the early 1850s and produced an extraordinary series of drawings that capture daily life with immediacy and precision, depicting miners at work, makeshift camps, journeys to and from the diggings, gold escorts, disputes, successes, failures, and the harsh realities of frontier existence. These images, reproduced from Gill's original lithographs for Sketches of the Victoria Gold Diggings and Diggers as they are (1852-53), offer an unfiltered window into the lived experience of the rush that reshaped colonial Victoria.
Published in this handsome 1972 first edition by Lansdowne Press, the volume pairs Gill's illustrations with contemporary written extracts that provide historical context and authentic voices from the period, enhancing their documentary power. The result is both an art book and a historical source, preserving scenes of Castlemain, Bendigo, Forest Creek, Mount Alexander, and Fryer's Creek with clarity and narrative depth. As a visual chronicle of one of Australia's defining eras, this work will appeal especially to collectors of Australian gold rush material, students of colonial social history, admirers of S. T. Gill's art, and readers interested in the formative years of nineteenth-century Victoria."
Light wear to dustjacket as shown. No inscriptions. A nice copy in very good condition overall. Please study photos to further understand condition.
