Bill Peach describes how the discovery of gold changed the course of Australia’s history. Through dramatised re-enactments and historical footage, the effects of the new economic force on population, the location of towns, wealth generation, the development of transport networks and the introduction of a representative democracy are all investigated. In this series Bill Peach traces the story of gold from its earliest discovery to the early 1980s.
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English
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G
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