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  Government Surveyor James McBrien discovers lumps of gold in the Fish River in the east of Bathurst.
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  Paul de Strzelecki finds gold in the Blue Mountains and told by Governer George Gipps to keep it a secret.
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  Gold found and the government suppressed the find it was greeted with fear by the government.
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  The Governer George Gipps moves to suppress all reports of the gold dicoveries in New South Wales.
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  Australia produced one third of the gold in the world.
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  Edward Hargraves found gold in Bathurst, NSW.
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  The Eureka flag was made. It was first raised on Bakery Hill.That is where Peter Lalor made his famous Bakery Hill speech.
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  On the 24/10/1854 the first gold licence started and continued.
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  Diggers go to Bakery Hill to burn their licenses.