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The first coin
The first coin in Australia was the Holy Coin -
Mayall Creek Massacre New South Wales
Early in the morning of 18 December 1838, seven men were publicly hanged at the Sydney Gaol. they where the first British subjects to be executed for massacring Aboriginal people. -
Gold rushes in NSW and VIC
The discovery of gold in he 1850s started a series of rushes that transformed the Australian Colonies.
The first discoveries of payable gold were at Ophir in New South Wales and then at Ballarat and Bendigo Creek in Victoria. -
Gundagai Flood the Deadliest of them of all
In the middle of the night on 24 June 1852, a catastrophic flood swept through the New South Wales town of Gundagai. The water rose quickly to become a raging torrent that swept whole buildings away and left people clinging for their lives in trees.
