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Edward Hargraves made the first gold discovery in 1851 with his assistant John Lyster in Bathurst.
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Hargraves and Lyster travelled 7 miles down from Bathurst and went to Summer hills as there was more gold discoveries.
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In august 1851 Thomas Hiscock found gold in Buninyong which is south of Ballarat. In 1852 gold had been found in Ballarat, Victoria's population went up by 20,000 more miners. In 1864 Ballarat had 300 mines and 64,000 miners.
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The first discovery in Tasmania was in 1859 on the East Coast in Fingal.
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In 1860, there was a gold discovery at Mount Morgan which is near Rockhampton. During this time, Mount Morgan was one of the richest mines in the world.
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In 1866 in South Australia, Teetulpa, gold was discovered by Thomas Brady and Thomas Smith. The conditions were hard as it was hot and dusty.
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In 1867, John Nash discovered gold in Gympie. After the recent discovery, 25,000 miners relocated back to Gympie in hope of finding gold.
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In 1871, construction workers building an overland telegraphy in Darwin, found gold by accident.
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In 1877, at Palmer River there was a gold discovery after all the hard work in the hot and humid conditions. Miners were bit by insects and snakes.
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In 1892, Arthur Bayley and Williams Flat found gold near a waterhole near Coolgardie. Gold is still being mined in Western Australia.
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In 1893, Addy Hannon, Dan Shea and Tom Flanagan 40km east of Coolgardie, Kalgoorlie.
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In 1895, at Tennant Creek the gold was originally found in 1895, but mining didn't really begin until 1932.
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In 1905, there was a gold discovered in Beconsfield. The gold was worth 77,2671 pounds.