A WINDY MORN OF MATLOCK: The history of a Victorian Mountain Goldfield.
Pp. xvi+208(last blank), frontispiece, text illustrations, maps and plans, tables, bibliography, index; narrow cr. 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers; Mountain Home Press, Melbourne, 1998. First edition. *'The life of a short lived, 1860s Victorian mountain goldmining town. It also gives a meticulous account of the history of the Yarra Track, and the extraordinary difficulties which faced the early surveyors, miners, and explorers who sought a more direct route than the Jamieson track to the Upper Goulburn goldfields. The history of Matlock is supplemented and brought to life by an archaeological survey of the extinct township' [wrapper blurb]. Item #180884
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