Gold Time-line

By mitch deep

  • Australia was colonised

    Austraia was colonised.

  • Gold was discovered

    Gold was discovered in Bathurst by J. O'brien
  • Gold was found near Bathurst

    Gold was found near Bathurst

    Gold was first found near Bathurst by Edward Hargraves

  • 95,000 gold seekers arrived

    95,000 gold seekers arrived hoping to find gold

  • 1000 diggers protested

    1000 diggers protested because of the gold licence at Beechworth

  • Peter Lalor led diggers

    Peter Lalor led diggers in the revolt of the Eureka Stockade

  • The victorian government

    The victorian government passed its immigration law to stopthe chinese diggers

  • 'The welcome Nugget'

    'The welcome nugget ' weighed 71.3 kilograms and was discovered in Ballarat victoria

  • Diggers attacked chinese diggers

    Diggers attacked chinese diggers at he lambing flat in New South Wales

  • The 'Welcome Stranger' nugget

    The 'Welcome Stranger' nugget weighed 72 kilograms and was discovered in victoria Moliagul

  • Largest amount of gold found

    Largest amount of gold was found in Australia

  • Gold was discovered

    Gold was discovered in Kimberely WA

  • Gold was discovered

    Gold was discovered at Coolgardie WA

  • Gold was discovered

    Gold was discoeverd at Kalgoorlie WA

  • A railway was built

    A railway was built from Perth to Coolgardie-Kalgoorlie goldfields
    i9n WA

  • WA largest producer of gold

    WA became the largest producer of gold

  • A water pipe-line was built

    A water pipe-line was built from Perth to Coolgardie- Kalgoorlie WA

  • The rise in the price of gold

    The rise in the price of gold re-opened the mine at Kalgoorlie WA

  • Underground mines were built

    Underground mines were built in from Peth to Coolgardie-Kalgoorlie WA

  • Kalgoorlies super-pit produced

    Kalgoorlies super-pit produced a record 22, 700 kilograms of gold