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The South Australian Government offered a
the reward of £1,000 ($1000) to the first miner who could find
gold worth enough money in the colony in 1851. Mr. Chapman claimed the reward within a
year. -
Edward Hargraves was the first person who discovered Gold in NSW, this resulted in Miners Rushing to the Lewis Pond
Creek and Turon River to find Gold and become Wealthy. -
Governor La Trobe offered a big reward if someone were successful to find Gold in Australia bringing Victoria Wealth, Popularity and to sop everybody moving to NSW. -
In 1858 Victorians rushed to Port Curtis as they were promised wealth and Gold. Unfortunately, the Government had exaggerated the findings and had to provide the miners $15000 to help the miners return home. -
On the Tamar River is the Beaconsfield
mine. This mine produced £77,2671 worth of gold
by 1905, unfortunately, by 1914 the mine was no longer
active and it was closed. -
In Jhon Nash made a discovery of Gold in Gympie, The News traveled around fast and 25,000 people moved to Gympie to find gold, this continued until 1925. -
Construction workers were constructing a telegraph pole between Alice Spring and Darwin when they found gold by accident. Many workers left the building to search for gold to become wealthy. -
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.