A Rich Endowment: Government and Mining in Western Australia, 1829-1994"Western Australia is endowed with an abundance of mineral and petroleum resources, and mining has played a central role in the State's economic, social and political life. A century after the celebrated 1890s goldrushes, his vital industry returns to the State many hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue annually." "A Rich Endowment: Government and Mining in Western Australia 1829-1994 examines the role of Western Australian governments in encouraging, regulating and administering the industry, outlining the development of mining law and the elaboration of services to prospectors and miners." "From a thoroughly researched account of early mineral discoveries, Ken Spillman focuses on the work of the Department of Mines - including functions as diverse as operating state batteries, monitoring dust levels in mines, controlling goldfields water supplies, administering the WA School of Mines, and even managing a government-owned hotel." "Ken Spillman brings to life the remarkable men of science who served as Government Geologists, the powerful goldfields wardens, and a range of other characters - including a gentlemanly clerk who once roamed as the murderous Captain Starlight." "Commissioned by the Department of Minerals and Energy to celebrate its 1994 centenary, A Rich Endowment offers new insight into many facets of Western Australia's past."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved |
Contents
SCRATCHING THE SURFACE | 1 |
GOLD IN PROSPECT | 23 |
THE ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSE | 49 |
TO THE GRINDSTONE | 75 |
SERVING THE BOOM | 101 |
SUBSIDENCE | 127 |
MUTABLE FORTUNE | 157 |
TRIAL BY ORDEAL | 191 |
NEW FOCUS | 225 |
A RICH ENDOWMENT | 267 |
See H P Woodward to Forrest 23 November 1892 BL AN 3501 Acc 964 8392 | 290 |
APPENDICES | 323 |
Royalty receipts 19601993 | 340 |
Common terms and phrases
administration annual reports appointment April Assistant August Augustus Gregory Battye Library bill Calanchini Champion Bay Chemical Branch Chief Inspector Collie Colonial Secretary commenced Coolgardie December Department of Mines Department's Director discovery district drilling establishment February Fitzgerald Forrest Geological Survey Geraldine Mining Company gold Goldfields Act Government Analyst Government Chemical Laboratories Government Geologist Government's Governor Gregory Hardman Ibid increased inspection Inspector of Explosives Inspector of Mines Irwin River January John SCADDAN July June Kalgoorlie Kelly Kimberley leases Maitland Mapping March Marmion Mensaros Mineral House Minerals and Energy Mines Department Mines Regulation Act Mining Act Mining Engineer mining industry Minister for Mines Montgomery Murchison November October operations party Perth petroleum Phillips River position Prinsep proposed prospecting prospectors Public Service responsibility royalties Scaddan School of Mines Secretary for Mines September St Georges Terrace staff Surveyor Telfer WAPD warden Western Australia Western Australian mining Wittenoom Woodward