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australian gold
The Australian gold rushes started in 1851 when prospector Edward Hargraves proclaimed his discovery of gold near Bathurst, New South Wales, at a site Hargraves called Ophir. Six months later, gold was found in Victoria at Ballarat, and a short time later at Bendigo Creek. more...
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Gold was later found in all of the other Australian colonies (later known as states or territories). With the goldrushes came a huge influx of immigrants, the continent's population increasing threefold from 430,000 in 1851 to 1.7 million in 1871.
With the gold rushes came the construction of the first railways and telegraph line, the Eureka rebellion and the end of penal transportation to the east coast of Australia.
Discoveries of gold before the rushes
Prior to Hargreave's discovery, gold had been discovered in Australia by others including Reverend WB Clarke in 1841 with further finds in 1844. When Clarke reported his discovery to the New South Wales Governor George Gipps, Gipps asked Clarke to: \"Put them away, Mr Clarke, or we shall all have our throats cut!\". Gold finds in a convict society were not welcomed at the time. Although the NSW and Victorian governments later rewarded Clarke for his contribution, his financial rewards didn't compare to those for Hargraves.
Other early gold finds in the colony were:
1814 - Some convicts who were employed cutting a road to Bathurst are said to have found gold in a considerable quantity, and were only compelled to keep silence on the point by menaces and flogging.;
1823, February 15 - Assistant Surveyor, James McBrian discovered gold on the Fish River, about 15 miles east of Bathurst, New South Wales.;
1825 - A convict flogged in Sydney on suspicion of having stolen gold, which he stated he had discovered in the bush.;
1839, April - Count Strzlecki discovered gold associated with pyrites at the Vale of Clwydd, in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales.;
1844 - Mr Alexander Tolmein, sent by Governor Grey to Kangaroo Island to capture a gang of bushrangers, reported that he had when about 20 miles S.S.W. from Melbourne seen a quartz reef with yellow metal in it, which he was afterwards convinced was gold.;
1848 - Gold specimens found on the spurs of the Pyrenees Mountains, Victoria; exhibited in the shop window of Mr. Robe, jeweller, Melbourne.;
1849, January 31 - Gold discovered at the Pyrenees, Port Phillip, by a shepherd.;
1849, January - Thomas Chapman discovered gold at Daisy Hill, Victoria and sold it to Mrs. Brentani, Collins Street, Melbourne, a nugget which weighed 16 ounces. Afraid of the Melbourne authorities, the discoverer bolted to Sydney in the 'Sea-horse'.;
1849 - William Clarke junior, with William Vicary, found auriferous quartz at Smythesdale, Victoria.;
1851. January - Mr Austin brought to Sydney a nugget of gold worth £35, which he found in the Bathurst District.;
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