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Edward Hargraves discovered gold in Ophir Australia
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It culminated in the Battle of the Eureka Stockade, which was fought between miners and the colonial forces.
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The Chinese people migrated to Australia to get some of the gold
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Lambing Flat Riots, (1860–61), wave of anti-Chinese disturbances in the goldfields of New South Wales, Australia.
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Lambing Flat Riots, (1860–61), wave of anti-Chinese disturbances in the goldfields of New South Wales, Australia, which led to restriction of Chinese immigration.
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The day of the discovery of the stranger nugget
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Ned Kelly was hung on this very day
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The start of the Western Australian Gold Rush
