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During the Australian gold rushes, starting in 1851, significant numbers of workers moved from elsewhere in Australia and overseas to where gold had been discovered. Gold had been found several times before, but the colonial government of New South Wales (Victoria did not become a separate colony until 1 July 1851) had suppressed the news out of the fear that it would reduce the workforce and ...
The Victorian gold rush was a period in the history of Victoria, Australia, approximately between 1851 and the late 1860s. It led to a period of extreme prosperity for the Australian colony and an influx of population growth and financial capital for Melbourne , which was dubbed " Marvellous Melbourne " as a result of the procurement of wealth.
Gulgong Goldfield, New South Wales, 1872–1873, attributed to Henry Beaufoy Merlin. Gold was first officially discovered in Australia on 15 February 1823, by assistant surveyor James McBrien, at Fish River, between Rydal and Bathurst his field survey book "At E. (End of the survey line) 1 chain 50 links to river and marked a gum tree.
James Hardy Vaux – author of Australia's first full-length autobiography and dictionary. Mary Wade – one of the youngest female convict transported to Australia (13 years of age) who had 21 children and at the time of her death had over 300 living descendants. William Westwood – bushranger and leader of the 1846 Cooking Pot Uprising
Within the first five years of the Gold Rush, an estimated 12 million ounces of gold were extracted from the Californian soil. Because the price of gold was fixed in dollar terms at $20.67 per ...
Photo by Walter Woodbury. Church, Beechworth, c. 1855. Photo by Walter Woodbury. Woolshed Creek c. 1855. Photo by Walter Woodbury. Woolshed Creek Beechworth historic precinct in Ford Street. Beechworth is a town located in the north-east of Victoria, Australia, famous for its major growth during the gold rush days of the mid-1850s.
The History of Australia (1851–1900) refers to the history of the people of the Australian continent during the 50-year period which preceded the foundation of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. The gold rushes of the 1850s led to high immigration and a booming economy.
The Eureka Rebellion was a series of events involving gold miners who revolted against the British administration of the colony of Victoria, Australia, during the Victorian gold rush. [1] It culminated in the Battle of the Eureka Stockade , which took place on 3 December 1854 at Ballarat between the rebels and the colonial forces of Australia .