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The first payable was 'officially' discovered in 1851 by Edward Hargraves. He found gold in Ophir in NSW.
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For the miners to mine in Australia they had to pay for a licence. Each digger had to pay 1 pound ten shillings each month, simply for the right to dig.
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In 1854 the miners rebelled against the miners licence in Eureka, Victoria causing to Eureka Stockade.
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The Chinese miners were wrongly treated because of their different skin colours and how well they worked. The miners of the Buckland River lead held a meeting, after which they went to the Chinese camp and tried to drive them off. They injured and killed many chinese people at the mines.
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Queensland's first sightings of gold was in Rockhampton.
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The world’s biggest gold nugget ever found is the Welcome Stranger nugget. It was found by John Deason and Richard Oates at Black Lead, Victoria.
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South Australian gold was first discovered in Birdwood.
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The first sightings of gold in Western Australia was in Halls Creek.
