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Gold was discovered in Bathurst soon after the first found gold in Summerhill creek.
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Gold was discovered in Buninyong the type was gold studded quartes which was the start of the gold rush in Buninyong.
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Ballarat was one of the richest gold mines that the world had ever known. Ballarat is located in Victoria!
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Beechworth became the centre of gold digging activities in north east Victoria.They found many specks of gold at Beechworth.
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The colonial secretary and seven other mountain police watched as w. Chapman panned for gold. His claim of finding gold in South Australia was watched carefully. He found what he was looking for this was the start of the gold rush in SA.
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Over 700 Chinese miners had been mining in Arart for six months when the Europeans came along. Chinese miners then sold equipment and tools used for the mining.
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Gold was found in Canoona it was an abundant range.
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Many in Tasmania belived that gold was found in 1847 at Beaconsfield. But it wasn't till Alluvial gold was panned out. In 1877 major mining companies came to Beaconsfield. This was the only place that gold was found in Tasmania.
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Gold was discovered in the Northern Territory in 1871. This was when the gold rush started in the Northern Territory. They discovered gold in Pine Creek!
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Aboriginal stockman Jupiter Mosman when he discovered gold nuggets in Burdekin river flats on christmas day 1871.
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William Hann discovered gold in Palmers river QLD. In 1873 James Mulligan found 2.89kg of gold from the Palmer River.
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The largest specimen of reef gold was found at the Star of hope mine in 1872 at Hill end
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William Mckinley discovered gold on Mount Morgan and a mine they built in the morgan brothers was one of the richest mines in the world.
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James Nash found gold when panning in the Nashville gold field.
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Arthur Wellesly Bayley rode into town in Coolgardie with 15.7 kg of gold. When this news came out everyone flocked to Coolgardie.
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Irishman Patrick Hannan found gold in Kalgoorlie on June the tenth 1893. This gold bearing land was known as Gold Mile.
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The second largst nugget in Australia was unearthed in Larkinville. This nugget was called the Golden Eagle weighing 35kg this was found by J. Larcombe and his son on the 15th of January 1931.
