The Diggers' Story: Accounts of the West Coast gold rushes

This new edition of The Diggers’ Story features additional stories and information, and is enlivened by more than 160 black and white images and 32 pages of exquisite colour illustrations, many of them previously unpublished. This compelling, richly illustrated record of the gold rushes will be essential reading for anyone interested in the West Coast’s explosive and romantic history.

Julia Bradshaw has been researching and writing about Otago and West Coast history for more than 15 years and is the author of five books including The Land of Doing Without: Davey Gunn of the Hollyford which was published by Canterbury University Press in 2007.