Gold! Gold! Gold!: The Language ofthe Nineteenth-century Australian Gold Rushes

Gold! Gold! Gold!: The Language ofthe Nineteenth-century Australian Gold Rushes
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Oxford University Press Australia
Country
Australia
Published
1 March 2000
Pages
224
ISBN
9780195508383

Gold! Gold! Gold!: The Language ofthe Nineteenth-century Australian Gold Rushes

The gold rushes of the nineteenth century were a defining point in Australian history, bringing with them far-reaching social and economic changes. They also brought with them a new language, and the underlying argument of this book is that the gold rushes played a significant role in the development of Australian English.
Gold! Gold! Gold! takes the form of a dictionary, with extensive supporting quotations from contemporary texts chosen to provide relevant historical information, and to evoke the living pulse of gold rush era. More than 500 headwords cover many aspects of the goldfields, including methods of mining, law and order, social life, hardships and afflictions, thieves and villains.

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