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Gold first discovered in Australia
First payable gold discovered at Ophir in NSW - beginning of the great Australian gold rush. -
Diggers start coming to gold mines.
At the word of gold,prostpectors come to the goldfields in search of ther fortunes. -
Mining licence
Picture of mining licence from 1853,when they came out. -
Scotty Scoby murdered
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Eurica Hotel burnt.
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The swearing of the oath at Bakery Hill.
Peter Lalor said this oath on behalf of all the Diggers at the meeting.This is what he said:
We swear by the Southern Cross to stand truly by each other and to defend our rigts and libertys. -
THE WELCOME NUGGET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On the evening of the 9th June 1858, the night shift men at work on the Red Hill mine came on a monster nugget. It took then half an hour to haul it to the service. After a file and scrubbing brush had been well used, they saw a huge irregular lump of waterworn, honeycombed gold about 20 inches long, 13 inches broad and 8 inches thick. One end was thick and shaped like a horse’s head. To this thick end was a narrow neck about 4 inches in circumference. Then it widened out again. It was 99
