-
New south wales
Australia 1851 in a small colonial, Edward hargraves discovered
gold in bathurst in the goldfields. He also takes a mate John lister. -
summer Hill
The duo went from bathurst to summer hill to discover more gold. -
victoria goldfields Ballarat
August 1851 Thomas Hiscook was rewarded £1000 pounds for finding gold Buninyong which is south of ballert -
south australia
The South Australian Government offered a
reward of £1,000 to the first miner who could find
payable gold in the colony in 1851. -
Queensland
8000 Victorians alone rushed to Port
Curtis. However, the promise of gold was
exaggerated and the findings were very little. -
Northern Territory pine creek
In 1871 construction workers building an overland telegraphy line between Alice spring and darwin. The builders found gold by accident. -
western Australia Coolgardie
In 1892, Arthur Bayley and Williams Flat found gold
near a water hole in Coolgardie. It was this
discovery that started the town. Gold is still being
mined in Coolgardie today. -
Tasmania Beaconsfield
On the Tamar River is the deep shaft Beaconsfield
mine. This mine produced £77,2671 worth of gold
by 1905, however by 1914 the mine was no longer
productive and it was closed.