19th century By arshr@coogeeprep.nsw.edu.au Period: 1800 to 1899 19 century 1823 gold traces found 1829 claimed Western Australia 1834 even more gold found a shepard finds it 1835 economic advancment 1839 secret gold found 1840 more gold 1849 declared abornriginal to be abolished the governor declared the abornriginal protecters should be gone 1851 the gold rush begins lots of non speaking countries come to mine for gold