Fool's Gold? William Tipple Smith's Challenge to the Hargraves Myth Lynette Ramsay Silver Signed by Author HB medium Size Edition pages brilliant overall condition, although cover slight rubbed, marked, bumped shelf wear, secondhand book, this is a carefully selected pre-loved book. Awesome, comprehensive, insightful, extremely informative covering wide range & variety aspects of the history of the valuable gold discoveries in 19th century New South Wales, Australia, 1848 Tipple Smith ventured into rugged hill country near Bathurst & discovered gold, after additional successful exploration he informed the government. Here Silver's extraordinary well presented persistent detective work & research of William Tipple Smith claims that he discovered significant gold deposits in 1848 which resulted not in fame & fortune but in defamation, ruin & ultimately death is graphically told. Edward Hammond Hargraves was proclaimed & rewarded by the government as the gold discoverer, he was effective in the systematic destruction of Smith that the true story has remained untold for almost 140 years. Fascinating account of an innocent man was the tragic victim of political expediency, here a totally new interpretation of important early Australian history. The story of Tipple Smith fight for justice & recognition is long overdue a valuable well illustrated work on early gold discoveries in New South Wales. Exposes Hargraves as the rogue he was, apathy, lies, cover up, mismanagement, buck passing a & official ineptitude revealed here in this significant book, & lots more, Pick up ex Central Stoke by arrangement. When possible happy to combine sales to save buyers freight P&P costs. Always send address via Trade Me option & correctly confirm any "RD" Rural Delivery details. Payments must include full Trade Me "P" reference number to avoid delivery delays. GST invoice emailed with delivery confirmation. Questions welcome. shakespeares Loaded by Tradevine