Download or read book Lightning Ridge Gems written by Cilka Zagar and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2006 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lightning Ridge gems are opal miners and the women who followed them into the Australian outback where they created a spectacular mosaic of old and new world cultures. Thirty people who came to Australia from twenty four countries tell their heroic and triumphant stories of how they came to be here and how they see life from their perspective.