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Gold Rush
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An Unrecorded Discovery Of Gold
The first discovery of gold was made in 1823 but Governer Bligh said to keep it secret because he knew that convicts and workers would quit there jobs to find gold and and get rich. -
The Discovery Of Gold
The discovery of gold made by Edward Hargraves at Ophir. He had help from the Tom brothers and John Lista. He was rewarded 1000 pounds from the Victorian government and that attracted lots of people to Ophir to find gold. And that's the gold rush started. -
Ballarat was named the Richest Goldfield in the World
Ballarat was named the richest alliviual goldfields in the world wich made even more people from around the world come to Australia. -
More Gold Discovered In Australia
discovery of gold made by chapman south east of adelaide. Witch attracted more and more people to come to Australia to find gold. -
The Eureka Rebellion
The Eureka Rebellion of 1854 was a historically significant organised rebellion of gold miners of Ballarat against British colonial authority. The Battle of Eureka Stockade was fought between miners and the Colonial forces of Australia on 3 December 1854 at Eureka Lead and named for the stockade structure erected by miners during the conflict. Resulting in the deaths of 22 miners. -
The Buckland Riot
On 4 July 1857 when around 100 European rioters attacked Chinese settlements in the Buckland Valley.During the riot Chinese residents were beaten and robbed then driven across the Buckland River. At least three Chinese miners died and entire encampments and lots of houses were destroyed. -
The Welcome Stranger
The Welcome Stranger is the name given to the largest alluvial gold nugget found. It measured 61 by 31 cm and was discovered by John Deason and Richard Oates on 5 February 1869 at Moliagul, Victoria, Australia. Found only 3 cm below the surface near a root of a tree. -
The Worlds Largest nugget
The Beyers and Holtermann nugget, the largest single piece of reef gold ever discovered in the world, was found by workers at the Star of Hope Gold Mining Co on Hawkins Hill, on 19 October 1872. It weighed about 286kg, measured 150cm by 66cm, and was worth at least £12,000 at the time. -
The Capture of the Ned Kelly Gang
Fnally captured at the Glenrowan pub - later hung at Old Melbourne Jail.
He was captured during the Glenrowan Seige. Ned and his gang had planned to derail a police train and kill all the policemen on board, including the Queensland black trackers who had been running him down, but a school master (Curnow) escaped from the pub where Ned was buying drinks for the townspeople (who were being held as hostages so to protect them from the danger) and alerted authorities. -
Bushrangers Became a Problem
Bushrangers became a serious problem stealing ecssesive amounts of gold to and from the goldfields.
