Lang's Australian Emigrant's manual
Within only a year or two of the gold fields being opened, guides like this were being produced. The author gives good advice to his readers about just how difficult the gold-digger's life can be.
The Australian emigrant's manual, or, A guide to the gold colonies of New South Wales and Port Phillip by John Dunmore Lang. London : Partridge and Oakey, 1852.
Accession number: MC 919.4 L25A (2)
From the State Library of Victoria's Rare Printed Collection
