One of Australia's finest writers on one of our most dramatic stories
Mining divides the country – development against conservation, north-and-west against south-and-east, pro-tax against anti-tax. But what does it really mean to us? And how much do we understand about our underground history?
Boom is the story of the people behind the facts and figures, from the eccentric loners who staked the first claims to the emergence of the modern mega-magnates.
Insightful, compellingly readable and full of extraordinary characters, it shows how mining and miners have shaped Australia’s history and gripped our imagination through boom and bust.
