Gold

By chinkymon

  • Covicts Find Gold

    Some convicts who were employed cutting a road to Bathurst were rumoured to have found a quantity of gold,however Gold discoveries were not considered blessings and Australian convict society as the authorities believed gold fever could potentially cause anarchy in the small fledgling British colonies.

  • An Unrecorded Discovery Of Gold

    The first discovery of gold was made in 1823 but Governer Bligh said to keep it secret because the convicts would slit their heads at night because they would want gold. Many people from overseas would come to Australia to make their fortune which meant the governer would have to pay more

  • First traces of gold found in Australia

    The first trace of gold was found in Australia but it did not start a gold rushb as it was only a small proportion and the government did not want anybosdy to know about it

  • Australias Population Rising

    in the late 1880s through to the mid 1890s, there were discoveries of rich goldfields in Western Australia which caused more gold rushes.Australia's population grew from 400,000 to over 1,000,000 during 1845 to 1896 as a consequence of gold discoveries and many people from overseas were still coming

  • Ballarat Was Named The Richest Goldfield

    Ballarat was named the richest alluvial goldfield even though the gold rush hadnt started yet

  • First Gold Rush in Australia

    the first gold rush in Australia started in 1851 when Edward Hargraves claimed the discovery of payable gold near Bathurst, New South Wales, at a site Edward Hargraves called Ophir. Eight months later, gold was found in Ballarat and Bendigo in Victoria causing large influxes of prospectors.

  • Gold in south east Adelaide

    discoveries of gold were made at Burra and when it was discovered at South Rhine (Eden Valley) .All these discoveries boosted South Australia’s confidence and increased hopes for better things in the future as it was just emerging from near bankruptcy.

  • Mining Permits were brought in

    Mining Permits were uswed for gold mining and were issued by JC Mc Donell.It entitled the miner to claim 3.6 square metrtes of land and the charge was thirty shillings per month. It encouraged miners to not commit crimes but it caused many fight and problems such as the Eureka Stokade

  • Eureka Stockade

    Between 1851 and 1854 tension was building on the goldfields. Clashes between the miners and the police authorities became more frequent with rumors brewing over the injustice of the goldfield licensing system and police corruption.

  • Californian Gold Rush Ended

    300 000 people rushed back home to show their families their small fortune

  • Gold Discovered in Tasmania

    Gold was believed to have been discovered on the apple isle at Nine Mile Springs in Tasmania in 1840 by a convict. Then it is said that John Gardner found gold-bearing quartz in 1856 on Blythe Creek, near Beaconsfield and the Nook

  • First Discovery of gold in NSW

    the first gold discovery at Ophir in NSW by Edward Hargraves. It was considered to be a lie from 1851 and 1880 but later they found small portions and NSWs population flew.Hargraves went to the Califrnian gold rush and came back to realise that NSW looked similar to California. The word that there was gold spread and Hargraves was famous

  • Rich Gold Deposits Found in North Queensland.

    Gold symbolises wealth. It transformed Queensland’s history and landscape. Gold brought migrants from other colonies and overseas and it established new towns, some in areas not previously settled by Europeans. It provided an important boost during the first 50 years of the State. Although gold mining was less important than coal for much of the twentieth century, when coal prices climed gold mining was active again

  • Western Australia has Gold

    Paddy Hannan and two companions discovered gold, leading to establishment of Western Australia's eastern goldfields in what is now the twin towns of Kalgoorlie and Boulder.Discoveries of gold in WA made its Population rise rapidly. Some of the places with gold were Halls Creek,Coolgaurdi and Kalgoorie.it brought great wealth to the state.Capital works came about on the back of the gold rushes.

  • Australian Gold Rush Ended

    The amazing gold rush finished and people left the goldfields and moved back to their houses. Some people tried to mine after everyone was gold but they didnt have any luck.

  • Californian Gold Rush

    t started when a shopkeeper named Sam Brannen brandished a bottle filled with gold dust around San Francisco shouting 'Gold! Gold! Gold from American River!' At first the residents didnt believe him but later on the San Fransisco harbour was empty and people left their jobs to try and find their fortune.