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Is part of [Goldfields Trilogy] Katharine Susannah Prichard , 1946 series - author novel (number 1 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 1946... 1946 The Roaring Nineties : A Story of the Goldfields in Western Australia
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'A story of friendship and love set in the goldfields of Western Australia in the 1890s. The determined Sally Gough braves hardship and danger in this classic tale of pioneering Australia.' (Source: Bookseller's website.)

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Alternative title: Les chercheurs d'or
Language: French

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  • Also braille, sound recording.

Works about this Work

Friday Essay : ‘A Prisoner on the Rack’ – How 19th-century Australian Women Wrote about Marital Rape Zoe Smith , 2024 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 22 March 2024;
Die Namenlandschaft in Australischen Romanen der Pionierzeit The Name Landscape in Australian Pioneer Novels Rosemarie Glaser , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: Names in Language and Society : Proceedings of the 21st International Congress of Onomastic Sciences : Uppsala, 19-24 August 2002 2005; (p. 453-468)
Compares the use of proper names in three novels.
Aussieisms : Send Her Down Who-ie? Fred Ludowyk , 1999 single work column
— Appears in: Ozwords , October vol. 5 no. 2 1999; (p. 1-3)
Australian Historical Fiction and the Popular Front : Katharine Susannah Prichard's Goldfields Trilogy Brenton Doecke , 1994 single work criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , Spring vol. 39 no. 3 1994; (p. 25-36)
The Guilded Panorama II Jack Beasley , 1993 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: A Gallop of Fire : Katharine Susannah Prichard: on Guard for Humanity : a Study of Creative Personality 1993; (p. 151-168)
Artist Above All : The Goldfields Trilogy of Katharine Susannah Prichard David Hutchison , 1955 single work review
— Appears in: The Winthrop Review , Commencement & Graduation vol. 3 no. 1 1955; (p. 17-19)

— Review of The Roaring Nineties : A Story of the Goldfields in Western Australia Katharine Susannah Prichard , 1946 single work novel ; Winged Seeds Katharine Susannah Prichard , 1950 single work novel ; Golden Miles Katharine Susannah Prichard , 1948 single work novel
The Censorship of Yesterday Hid a Great Tomorrow Barbara Jefferis , 1983 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 10-11 September 1983; (p. 14)

— Review of Tomorrow and Tomorrow M. Barnard Eldershaw , 1947 single work novel ; The Roaring Nineties : A Story of the Goldfields in Western Australia Katharine Susannah Prichard , 1946 single work novel
Utopia, Dystopia and then Australia Beate Josephi , 1984 single work review
— Appears in: The CRNLE Reviews Journal , December no. 2 1984; (p. 59-63)

— Review of Handfasted Catherine Helen Spence , 1879 single work novel ; The Roaring Nineties : A Story of the Goldfields in Western Australia Katharine Susannah Prichard , 1946 single work novel ; Tomorrow and Tomorrow M. Barnard Eldershaw , 1947 single work novel
Novel on Grand Scale Dora Birtles , 1946 single work review
— Appears in: The Australasian Book News and Library Journal , August vol. 1 no. 2 1946; (p. 35-37)

— Review of The Roaring Nineties : A Story of the Goldfields in Western Australia Katharine Susannah Prichard , 1946 single work novel
Untitled John K. Ewers , 1946 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin Papers , [Summer] vol. 5 no. 4 1946; (p. 326-328)

— Review of The Roaring Nineties : A Story of the Goldfields in Western Australia Katharine Susannah Prichard , 1946 single work novel
Not For Publication Warrigal Jack , 1947 single work column
— Appears in: The Australasian Book News and Literary Journal , August vol. 2 no. 2 1947; (p. 83)
Die Namenlandschaft in Australischen Romanen der Pionierzeit The Name Landscape in Australian Pioneer Novels Rosemarie Glaser , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: Names in Language and Society : Proceedings of the 21st International Congress of Onomastic Sciences : Uppsala, 19-24 August 2002 2005; (p. 453-468)
Compares the use of proper names in three novels.
Katharine Susannah Prichard : A Relunctant Daughter of Mark Twain Ric Throssell , 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , Winter vol. 3 no. 2 1989; (p. 89-93)
Forms of Historical Narrative Gay Raines , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Studies , December no. 4 1990; (p. 105-112)
Australian Historical Fiction and the Popular Front : Katharine Susannah Prichard's Goldfields Trilogy Brenton Doecke , 1994 single work criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , Spring vol. 39 no. 3 1994; (p. 25-36)
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