Argyle

The Impossible Story of Australian Diamonds

Argyle
Stuart Kells
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NZ$ 40.00
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NZ$ 33.00
Paperback
h233 x 153mm - 320pg
2 Mar 2021 AU
International import eta 7-19 days
9780522877250
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' Fascinating and lucid . . . a valuable insight into an industry once widely praised but now undervalued by a nation that relies on it so strongly. ' GEOFFREY BLAINEYThe remote Kimberley region of Western Australia has a rich history and unique geography. In the 1960s De Beers, the world' s largest diamond company, sent gem-hunters to the area but they came away empty-handed. It was a vast region to survey, and they' d overlooked something vital. A few years later, a team of Australian geologists with a tiny budget searched for even tinier mineral clues. Those clues led them to the earth' s largest diamond deposit and the world' s richest source of rare pink diamonds. Based on in-depth research and interviews-including with Alan King Jones, Bill Leslie and ' the father of Australian diamonds' , Ewen Tyler-Argyle- The Impossible Story of Australian Diamonds details the almost overwhelming challenges with realising a diamond mining venture in Australia, shows how these obstacles were overcome, and explores the mine' s impact and legacy.
Fascinating and lucid . a valuable insight into an industry once widely praised but now undervalued by a nation that relies on it so strongly. " - Geoffrey Blainey
Historian Stuart Kells has twice won the Ashurst Business Literature Prize, and has been shortlisted for the Prime Minister' s Literary Award, the NSW Premier' s General History Prize (twice) and the University of Queensland Non-Fiction Book Award. Kells' shorter pieces have appeared in The Paris Review, The Times, Lapham' s Quarterly, Smithsonian, The Guardian, National Geographic Traveller and The Daily Beast. He is Adjunct Professor at La Trobe University' s College of Arts, Social Sciences and Commerce.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9780522877250
Published: 2 Mar 2021
Published In: Australia
Imprint: Melbourne University Press
Publisher: Melbourne University Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 233mm
Width: 153mm
Spine: 23mm
Weight: 458g
Pages: 320

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