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Governor James McBrian found gold specks in Fish River.
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Edward Hargraves discovered a grain of gold in a waterhole near Bathurst N.S.W.
Gold is discovered at Ophir N.S.W, the begining of the Gold Rush. -
More than 20,000 miners from different countries were working on the gold fields.
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Ballarat became a more populated town, famous for its gold rush.
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The gold miners licence was introduced.
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The Eureka Hotel was burnt down by 2 drunk miners, Later one of the miners Scottie Scoby was killed.
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Govenor Latrobe was replaced by Charles Hotham.
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Someone found a gold nugget that weighed 40kg.
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The Welcome nugget was found. It weighed 68.95kg
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The Welcome Stranger nugget was found by 2 men called John Deason and Richard Oates in Moligaul, Vic.
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The Holtermann nugget was found. It weighed 28.6kg.
