From Antarctica to the gold rushes in the wake of Erebus
The story of Alexander Smith (1812-1872) of the British Navy who survived shipwreck, sailed the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans and finally served gallantly on Captain James Clark Ross' famed Antarctic Expedition. He was later appointed a well-respected Goldfields Commissioner in Castlemain...
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Brolga Publishing
2011
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1053643 |
Summary: | The story of Alexander Smith (1812-1872) of the British Navy who survived shipwreck, sailed the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans and finally served gallantly on Captain James Clark Ross' famed Antarctic Expedition. He was later appointed a well-respected Goldfields Commissioner in Castlemaine during the 1850s Victorian gold rushes. |
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