Lonehand - Gold in the Blood. A true Australian adventure story.
By Joe Houldsworth
ISBN 978-1-923560-42-0, (New, 2026), 160x240mm, 155pp, illustrated, $35.00*
This is a true Australian adventure story about a young migrant determined to embrace the Australian way of life and make his fortune prospecting. Though taking a lot longer than expected, he finally made it with a spectacular gold discovery in the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia, and the birth of a new Australian gold mining company, Ramelius Resources Ltd.
“Lonehand: Gold in the Blood” started out as a memoir for family and friends but grew into something more. You can’t get more Australian than Joe’s account of his adventures in the Australian bush, culminating in the discovery of the Wattle Dam Gold Mine, one of Australia’s highest grade gold mines and the founding of a new Western Australian Gold Mining Company.