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Tarnagulla's Golden History - Part 4

We are pleased to announce that the fourth and final book in David Gordon's wonderful Tarnagulla's Golden History series is now available.
Book Four is much larger than the earlier books at 237 pages, and embraces the period from 1891 until 1920. It's subtitled Fluctuating Fortunes and a Time of Transition. Within the book, there are many photos and other images of people and places taken during this very important period of Tarnagulla's history. The index is extensive, so there's a good chance you'll find references to your family among the 60,000-plus words.
The period from 1891 to 1920 is perhaps the most dynamic in Tarnagulla's history. During this time, British mining investors finally became very interested in deep mining at Tarnagulla, and this was followed by a sensational series of shallow gold-rushes which broke out on a huge scale and took the district by storm. Not long after, the Great War of 1914-1918 and its aftermath would deal a blow to Tarnagulla.
All these events and many more are featured and brought into context in the book.
David's managed to keep the cost down to $29, which is a bargain-basement price for what truly is a high-quality and well produced publication. (Postage is available for an additional $10).
If you would like to purchase a copy then you can either email David directly or contact us at the web site to get in touch with him.

Tarnagulla's Golden History - Part 3

We are pleased to announce that the next book in David Gordon's Tarnagulla's Golden History series is now available. This is the third publication in the ongoing series and nicely complements the earlier Parts 1 and 2.
This third book is subtitled "Progress, Development and the Big Miners - 1869 to 1890". The 22-year time-frame encompassed by the book focuses on a period when many of Tarnagulla's early-days gold rush diggers were no longer youthful and their colonial-born sons and daughters were already picking up the reins and beginning to play an increasingly important part in Tarnagulla's public affairs and events. This new-found maturity also extended to the development of the town itself.
But it was gold fever that would always be the biggest and most alluring factor of all, and increasingly large companies were formed to sink even deeper shafts and to erect even more powerful machinery. The lure of the tonnes of gold of those early years, especially from the by-then fabled Poverty Reef, would entice investment in company mining shares from smooth-talking mining promoters down to the diggers themselves who could hardly afford to make even small investments. But buy shares they somehow managed to do.
This book is much larger than the earlier editions in the series, containing 186 pages with many photographs and other illustrations.
The cost to you is $27 postage included, and you can email David direct at davidstephen48@gmail.com if you would like to make arrangements to buy a copy.
I also can't recommend this publication highly enough! (Ed.)

Tarnagulla's Golden History - Part 2.

We are extremely pleased to announce that the next book in David Gordon's Tarnagulla's Golden History series is now available. This is the second publication in the ongoing series and nicely complements Part One.
This book is sub-titled The Boom Years - 1858 to 1868, and embraces a very exciting era in Tarnagulla's history. It is the period when Tarnagulla's gold mines were at their very peak, when the town quickly escalated from canvas tent to solid brick and when the population numbered in the thousands.
The book contains 123 pages and features many high-quality photographic restorations and other interesting images. It also contains a comprehensive index.
If you would like to order a copy, then please feel free to contact David directly at davidstephen48@gmail.com. David has been able to hold the price down to $24, which I think is very reasonable, and he's happy to put a copy in the mail to you immediately, postage included.
The book will also be available at the Out 'N' About in Tarnagulla History Day on 6 October where you will also be able to have a chat to David in person.
I can't recommend this publication highly enough!

Tarnagulla's Golden History - Part 1.

Released at our 2013 'Out N About' event was David Gordon's new book 'Tarnagulla's Golden History - Part 1'.
David is a quality historian who has devoted enormous amounts of time to preserving Tarnagulla's rich history - as can be seen by the large amount of material he's provided freely on this web site. This particular publication focuses on Tarnagulla's formative years from 1852 to 1857, and should be of great interest to those who wish to share in Tarnagulla's history. The publication is of very fine print quality in A4 size with nice photographs and contains about 30 pages with index. If you would like to order a copy, then please feel free to contact David directly at davidstephen48@gmail.com. The cost is $18 and he'd be happy to post copies free of charge.
I have a copy and can confirm this is a wonderful publication. If you are interested in Tarnagulla's history then I urge you to consider buying a copy.

Tarnagulla and Waanyarra Cemeteries CD

A wonderful Tarnagulla Cemetery CD is now available for purchase.
Further details can be found here.