34860 Charles Whitehead, James Stephens, Peter Lalor, George Francis Train, Francis Adams, Paddy Hannan. Melbourne, F. W. Cheshire, (1965). 8vo; pp. xvi, 160(last 2 blank); bibliography and acknowledgments; dustjacket with minor chipping, a good copy. "Charles Whitehead, contemporary of Dickens and much neglected novilist, worked and died in tragic, circumstances in Melbourne of the Gold Rush. James Stephens, stonemason, born in the stormy Chartists era of Britain, pioneered the Eight Hour Movement in Australia. Peter Lalor, son of a family of Irish patriots and leader at Eureka, symbolised the Australian refusal to be 'pushed around'. George Train, flamboyant Yankee of the Gold Rush, cut a vivid and eccentric path across the world. Francis Adams, passionate against injustice, was a brilliant figure in the late nineteenth century Australia. A fine poet, he has been strangely neglected. Paddy Hannan, of Kalgoorlie, typifies the lone prospector of the golden West, spending his life in the emystical pursuit of the great nugget." $25.00AUD
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