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The Peaks of Lyell

The Peaks of Lyell is a book by Geoffrey Blainey, based on his University of Melbourne MA thesis that was originally published in 1954. It contains the history of the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company, and through association, Queenstown and further the West Coast Tasmania.

Publication history
• Blainey, Geoffrey. The Peaks of Lyell, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Vic., 1954, 310pp. • History of Mt. Lyell [manuscript] (M.A. Thesis), University of Melbourne, 1955, 328 leaves. • The first half of this history was presented as Geoffrey Blainey's Master of Arts thesis. • 2nd ed., Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Vic., 1959, 310pp. • 3rd ed., Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Vic.; London, 1967, 341pp. • 4th ed., Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Vic., 1978, 341pp. • 5th ed., St. David's Park Publishing, Hobart, Tas., 1993, 370pp. • • Sound recording of the second edition of the book. ==See also==
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