From Antarctica to the gold rushes in the wake of Erebus

• Main Author: Ramsland, John
• Other Authors: The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Education & Arts, School of Humanities and Social Science
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Brolga Publishing 2011
• Subjects: Antarctica; gold rush; Alexander Smith; Antarctic expedition; Victorian gold rush; Antarctic; Goldfields; Indian; Pacific; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1053643

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...