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Australia was Colonised
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Gold is discovered in the Bathurst region of NSW
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People found gold in Bathurst
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Edward Hargraves returned to NSW AND claimed to have been the first to find gold near Bathurst
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95,000 gold seekers arrived hoping to find gold.
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Peter Lalor in the revolt of the Eureka Stockade
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Diggers attacked Chinese Diggers at lambing flat goldfields in NSW
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The "Welcome Stranger" nugget weighing 72 kilograms discovered in Victoria
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Biggest amount of gold found ever dicovered
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A railway was built from Perth to the Kalgoore goldfields of Western Australia
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Kalgoories super pit produces a record 22,700 kilograms of gold.
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A goldmine in Beaconsfield, Tasmania Collapses, killing one miner and trapping two others underground.