Heart of the Desert Being the History of the Cromwell and Bannockburn Districts of Central Otago James Crombie Parcell name details in front, HB medium Size 1976 reprint Edition pages brilliant overall condition, With DW cover, although cover rubbed, marked, bumped shelf wear, secondhand book, pre-loved, book. Originally published for Otago Province centennial significant historical account, a region of dry land, dry atmosphere summers heat extreme, intense winter cold, centrally and extensively covering the great 1860's Otago Goldfield - gold rush, alluvial gold rivers, Clutha & Kawarau Rivers, Bannockburn & Bendigo rushes, dredging, sluicing, reef mining on the Carrick Range, & the Nevis, Chinese, covering earliest times through to 1948 the whole story of development of the region is told here in these crowded pages with progressive innovations farming, horticulture, land development, coal & industrial changes, social local government, political, communications, Racing, Churches, schools, medical, community, characters, events, challenges aplenty this also includes major Hydro - electric changes now in train near Cromwell. well Illustrated,

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