6 ‘Monuments of Industry’? The Otago Gold Rushes in Public and Private Memory

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures vi
4. Acknowledgements vii
5. Series Editors’ Introduction xi
6. List of Abbreviations xiii
7. Glossary xiv
8. Editorial Notes xv
9. Map 1: The Tasman World xvi
10. Map 2: The Otago Goldfields xvii
11. Introduction 1
12. 1 ‘To Return Home with . . . Satisfaction and Pleasure’: Home and Family Networks 23
13. 2 ‘A Great Many People I Know from Victoria’: The Victorian Dimension of the Otago Gold Rushes 64
14. 3 Work and Environments 96
15. 4 Leisure Sites and Cultures 141
16. 5 ‘We Return Home in Glory’: Chinese Networks and Gold Seeking in Otago 174
17. 6 ‘Monuments of Industry’? The Otago Gold Rushes in Public and Private Memory 207
18. Conclusion 240
19. Bibliography 251
20. Index 276