history of awesomeness By awesomegamer49231 1770 Australia was discovered by captain cook Period: 1770 to 2017 Discovery of gold 1788 The first fleet arrived to Australia 1815 Gold was found in Victoria 1816 Convict was punished for having gold near Bathurst 1823 Official first gold find in Australia by Edward hargraves 1849 Californian gold rush started 1851 The Australian gold rush started 1851 Hargreaves discovered gold in Bathurst
