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    gold rushes

  • Bathurst, New South Wales gold find

    Bathurst, New South Wales gold find
    Edward Hargraves, accompanied by John Lister, found five specks of alluvial gold at Summerhill near Bathurst in February 1851
  • first discovery

    first discovery
    Gold was first discovered in NSW by Edward Hargraves near batherst and this started the first gold rush.
  • Sofala, New South Wales

    Sofala, New South Wales
    Gold was found at the Turon Goldfields at Sofala
  • victoria's first gold rush

    victoria's first gold rush
    first gold rush in victoria state in australia
  • ballarat gold find john and james

    ballarat gold find john and james
    On 21 August 1851 gold was found at Ballarat, Victoria in Poverty Point by John Dunlop and James Regan.
  • Bendigo, Victoria

    Bendigo, Victoria
    Gold found at Bendigo, Victoria in September 1851. According to the Bendigo Historical Society, it is generally agreed that gold was found at Bendigo Creek by two married women from the Mount Alexander North run.
  • Echunga south australia

    Echunga south australia
    Payable gold was found in May 1852 at Echunga in the Adelaide Hills in South Australia by William Chapman and his mates Thomas Hardiman and Henry Hampton.