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Australian gold rushes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_gold_rushes The first gold rush in Australia began in 1851 when prospector Edward Hargraves claimed the discovery of payable gold near Bathurst , New South Wales at a site he called Ophir . [ 1 ] Eight months later, gold was found in Ballarat and Bendigo in Victoria causing large influxes of prospectors .

The Australian gold rush

http://australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/austn-gold-rush JCF Johnson, A Game of Euchre , col. wood engraving, Australasian Sketcher Supplement [Melbourne], 25 December, 1876. Image courtesy of the : nla.pic-an8927787.
After a long trek on foot or horseback by coach or dray from Sydney or Melbourne, new miners were thankful and excited when they reached the goldfields. http://www.australianhistory.org/gold-rush

Ancient Australian History

Discovery of Gold

Discovery of Gold - A Brief History http://www.ballarat.com/gold.htm

Australian Gold Rush

In fact they only got worse. http://www.goldoz.com.au/gold_rush.0.html
http://www.australiasgoldenoutback.com/outback-australia-tourist-destinations/Outback_history_and_culture/Gold_rush_history The Western Australian gold rush began with the first discovery of gold in the late 1890s. News of the gold spread as fast as the region’s wildfires and soon gold prospectors were arriving to seek their fortune and set up gold rush towns in the dusty landscapes of the Kalgoorlie, Goldfields and Murchison regions.

Gold rush history - Australia's Golden Outback

Australian gold rush timeline, Discovering gold, Gold and mining, SOSE Year 6, SA | Online Education Home Schooling Skwirk Australia

http://www.skwirk.com.au/p-c_s-17_u-453_t-1222_c-4673/sa/sose/gold-and-mining/discovering-gold/australian-gold-rush-timeline%20 The first major mineral discovery - gold - was a watershed (a turning point or landmark) for Australian society.
http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/goldchinese.htm Chinese at the Australian Goldfields

Chinese at the Australian Goldfields

Gold was first discovered in South Australia and the Commonwealth of Australia in 1846 at the Victoria mine near Castambul , City of Adelaide. http://tysaustralia.com/goldrushsouthaustralia.html

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Australian Gold Rush: 1850

The bonanza in California was only the beginning.
The Australian Gold Rush – Diggers State Library of NSW Many people associate the Gold Rush with California or the Klondike, but the Australian gold rush remains the world's richest. The discovery of Australian gold

The Australian Gold Rush