Australian Gold Rush
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1851:
Edward Hargraves
Discovers gold
Ophir - near Orange, NSW1851
Bendigo Gold Rush Began1848:
The California gold rush began.1858:
The largest gold nugget to ever
exist, Welcome Stranger was
found at Bendigo while the
gold rush was happening.1846:
Gold was (for the first time)
found in South Australia. At
Castambul.1851:
The Ballarat gold rush started.1854:
The Eureka Stockade started after a miner
was murdered.1823:
Government Surveyor
James McBrien
discovers traces
of gold in the
Fish River,
east of Bathurst.1866:
Gold discovered in Queensland,
at Rockhampton.1851:
First payable gold discovered at Ophir
in NSW - beginning of the great
Australian gold rush1885:
The Western Australian
Government had offered
£5000 to anyone who could
find gold. As a result,
gold was found in
several parts
of the State. These
discoveries led to
increased money for the
State and many people.The Perth Mint established to profit
from Australia's richest goldfield at
Kalgoorlie.1867:
Gold was discovered at the
Gympie goldfields.
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