Goldfields of Victoria

I already have just bought a copy for myself and it's a dam good reference for locations and history of Victorian goldfields and at $150 a bargan on such a hard to obtain book.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350405771538&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Mark

Its a great book and had been digatized by Google and can be downloaded for free now as copyright has expired or so they say.

Have a look here http://www.archive.org/details/goldfieldsandmi00smytgoog

Thanks for the link davsgold, anymore free online resources out there anyone?

davsgold wrote:copyright has expired or so they say.

Not sure about litrature, but music (lyrics) is copyrighted for 50 years after the death of the author, then after that time there is no copyright pending.

The last map is missing ? maybe thats the map to the new gold mountain weve all been looking for.

and thanks davsgold

The last map is critical !!!!!!!!!!! it is missing(removed) from most of the copies......only 1,000 were printed and only 200 found their way into private hands(the 800 went to govt., statutary bodies etc.)
Without that last map (which opens up into a huge detailed map) in devalues the book tremendously.

Probably the most detailed book of not only the goldfields, but the complete make up and geology of the land. A heavy read, but well worth it. Alot to take in.
Cheers goldenbrown...

GoldstalkerGPX wrote:

davsgold wrote:copyright has expired or so they say.

Not sure about litrature, but music (lyrics) is copyrighted for 50 years after the death of the author, then after that time there is no copyright pending.

I thought it was 25 years from release date

Definately 50 years Goldbait, or it was when I looked into it to see how I go about getting some of my lyrics copyright.

Actually easy, in Oz it is automatically copyright, to prove that it is yours if ever needed in a court, simply put all originals into an envelope and get it time dated and post to yourself and never open.

you write songs?? wow, wonders never cease ....

Looking at the copyright laws of Australia (http://www.copyright.org.au/admin/cms-acc1/_images/1889836124c8dbfe7b2fba.pdf), copyright is now the lifetime of the creator, plus 70 years. The laws were changed in 2005. Under the Free Trade Agreement with the US, Australia agreed to extend the 'plus' from 50 years to 70 years. But, if copyright had already expired prior to the law change in 2005, it remained expired.

The digital book that Davsgold has mentioned was published in 1869 by R. BROUGH SMYTH, who died in 1889, therefor the copyright expired around 1939.

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