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The first sighting of gold in Australia occured in 1823. James McBrien found specs of gold in NSW.
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Edward Hargraves found gold in NSW on the 5th of February 1851.
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James Esmond is a British prospector. He found gold at Clunes on June 29TH 1851.
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The Eureka Hotel was burnt down after a death of James Scotty Scobie. He was a Scotish miner who was hit by a shovel in the face by Mr Bently the hotel owner, on the 8th of October 1854.
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The flag was first raised at Bakery Hill 29th November 1854.
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People rose against the Goverment in Ballarat Victoria from behind the walls of the Eureka Stockade on the 3rd of December.
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A 40kg nugget was found at Bulladong near Orange, NSW and there were over 20,000 diggers.
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The welcome nugget was found in Red Hill mine in Ballarat.
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A12.5 nugget was found near Kiandra in the Snowy River region.
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The welcome stranger gold nugget was found at Moliagl, Victoria.
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Cordell Kent found a 5.5kg nugget near Ballarat and it was worth $300,000.
