The Gold Smugglers Book 1962 First Edition Hardcover Goldrush Illustrated HC DJ

Australia Gold Rush Ballarat Vintage 1962 The Gold Smugglers Children's Illustrated Hard Cover Storybook Book with Dust Jacket First Edition Written and illustrated by The Girls & Boys of the ABC Children's Hour Argonauts' Club, Edited by John Gunn Written and illustrated by children for children The book tells a story about Peter, an English boy, who comes to Australia in the gold rush days Peter is eager for adventure, and he finds it in plenty He goes upcountry to join his uncle on a new selection near one of the gold-mining settlements The local squatter resents the intrusion and to scare them into leaving Pete’s uncle stands up to the squatter’s menaces, however, and Peter makes friends with a group of Australia born children who soon initiate him into the ways of the bush One if the children has a chance to encounter with a mysterious sinister stranger, as a result of which the children find themselves caught up in the intrigues of a gang of gold smugglers The children’s later adventures include exciting horseback chases through the bush and an eerie episode in the shafts and tunnels of a worked-out min The book is a joint product of nine authors and nine artists – all members of the Australian Broadcasting Commission’s Argonaut’s Club Their age ranges from seven to nineteen The artists: Judith Clingan Jennifer Dunton Alison French Diana Giese Elizabet Hood Alice Nugent Alan Nutley Joanna Marry Short Karen Van Der Eyk Preowned