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The timespan of gold discoveries
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The First gold rush in Australia started in New South Wales and quickly spreaded ti Victoria. From there it fanned out to Queensland South Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory
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The 'Welcome Nugget' is discovered at Bakery Hill, Ballarat, Victoria
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Gold is discovered at Canoona and the Fitzroy River in Northern Queensland. 15000 digers rush to the site.
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News of gold discoveries at Port Curtis in Queensland leads to a rush
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Gold is discovered at Lambing Flat(now Young) in New South Wales
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Edward Stringor finds alluvial gold in the Gippsland Mountains, Victoria. The Long Tunnel mine becomes the richest in Victoria.
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Gold is discovered at Crocodile Creek in Queensland
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The Queensland Governement offers a reward of 3000 euro to anyone finding gold to support 3000 people.
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First gold found in the Barcessa in South Australia. Gold is discovered at Townsville and Ravenswood, Queensland
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First payable gold found at Gulgong in New South Wales
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Payable gold discovereed at Pine Creek in the Northern Territory
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The next gold rush began with the discoveryof gold at
Halls Creek in Western Australia in 1885. It continued through the 1890s with spectacular finds in the south east of the state. In the late1890s, large amounts of gold were also found in Queensland at Mount Morgan. -
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The third gold rush began in 1972 with gold finds at Telfer in Western Australia. This gold rush continues today with new sites still being found.