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William Cambell
This is how william cambell found gold
•William Campbell finds gold on his sheep run in Strathlodden, Victoria, in 1840.
Early gold discoveries were greeted with fear. -
Edward Hargraves Gold Rush
On February 12 1851 Hargraves found gold near Bathurst at Summer Hills Creek he called the goldfield Ophir named after the Biblical city. -
Gold rush
The Australian gold rushes started in 1851 when prospector Edward Hammond Hargraves claimed the discovery of payable gold near Bathurst, -
Chinese Miners
At the time that news about the Australian goldrush reached China in 1853, the country had been suffering from years of war and famine. In order to raise money for the fare to Australia. -
Gold Rush Licences
Licence for gold mining, framed, paper / wood / glass, issued to J McDonnell, printed by John Ferres, Government Printing Office, Victoria, Australia, 1853. At centre top is the Victorian coat of arms with inscription: ‘VICTORIA / GOLD LICENCE’. The name of the licence owner and place and date of its issue are written in ink and the licence is signed in ink by the Commissioner. -
The Eureka Rebellion
The Eureka Rebellion of 1854 was a historically significant organised rebellion of gold miners of Ballarat against British colonial authority. The Battle of Eureka Stockade (by which the rebellion is popularly known) was fought between miners and the Colonial forces of Australia on 3 December. -
The Euraka Flag
The Eureka Flag represents how the "downtrodden" in Australia could fight for their rights. It is the oldest flag in Australia, and symbolic in that it was designed by the people it represented, not some far-off government authority. -
Welcome Starnger Nugget Found
The Welcome Stranger is the name given to the largest alluvial gold nugget found, which had a calculated refined weight of 2,283. -
Edward Hargraves was the First Person to Find Gold
Edward Hargraves was the first person to find gold or did he well he did not John Lister and James Tom had discovered the first goldfield. -
Kellys Gang Death
A final violent confrontation with police took place at Glenrowan on 28 June 1880. Kelly, dressed in home-made plate metal armour and a helmet, was captured and sent to jail. He was convicted of three counts of capital murder and hanged at Old Melbourne Gaol in November 1880. His daring and notoriety made him an iconic figure in Australian history, folklore, literature
