The Rush That Never Ended: A History of Australian Mining

Australia is one of the world's great sources of mineral treasure. The finding and development of minerals, oil and natural gas have influenced Australian racial attitudes, unionism, religious life, law and politics. Out of the ground and the sea has come wealth to create a host of industries. Geoffrey Blainey's masterly history has rightly been acclaimed as the authoritative account and the fourth edition contains new chapters bringing the story up to the early 1990s.