For a brief period between the world wars, to be "on the ossie" was to have a chance of breaking free from Tasmania's widespread poverty — an ounce of the precious metal osmiridium being more valuable than an equivalent weight of gold. It was a time when Tasmania held a monopoly on production of the rare metal used to tip millions of the world's most fashionable fountain pens.
Author Nic Haygarth tells the story of the Tasmanian fields and the miners who flocked to the remote diggings at Adamsfield and Waratah in the hope of striking it rich, and those who supported them, (including, pictured in the book, Frank and Gerald Roach,great uncle and grandfather respectively of The Book Cellar's own Michael Roach.)
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BOOK DETAILS
- Published: 2017
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 276, indexed
- Illustrations: Colour and B&W.
- Signed by the author.
CONDITION
New.
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