i was searching the 'net for some information on the victorian goldrush and came across a fascinating site called the "electronic encyclopedia of gold in australia. it describes itself as "a biographical, bibliographical and archival database that tells the story of gold through images, stories and multimedia interactives, connecting individual stories to wider historical themes". the site has been produced by the cultural heritage unit of the university of melbourne. a lot of the information is about victoria, but other states feature as well.
the url for the home page is [url="http://www.egold.net.au/"]http://www.egold.net.au/[/url] or, if you want to head straight to the page about melbourne, go to
[url="http://www.egold.net.au/biogs/EG00013b.htm"]http://www.egold.net.au/biogs/EG00013b.htm[/url]
it is excellent and well researched (as you would expect from a site produced by one of our major universities).
the url for the home page is [url="http://www.egold.net.au/"]http://www.egold.net.au/[/url] or, if you want to head straight to the page about melbourne, go to
[url="http://www.egold.net.au/biogs/EG00013b.htm"]http://www.egold.net.au/biogs/EG00013b.htm[/url]
it is excellent and well researched (as you would expect from a site produced by one of our major universities).