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Double gold: 1870s mining and farming diaries with a history of Mount Franklin and district

Eleven years in the writing, and many more in the research, Double Gold is centred around the extraordinary farming diaries of Henry Pritchard Parry, who settled at Mount Franklin, Victoria, Australia and farmed with his cousin William Roberts.

The authors have provided much supporting material about the lives of the two cousins and the history of the district.

These 1870s diaries, handed down through the family over the years, have been translated verbatim from the original Welsh and allow the reader to become immersed as the harsh realities and prosperous successes of the farm come to life along with the many characters of the local community.