Gold rush

Australian Gold Rush

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    The Australian Gold Rush

  • Bathurst

    Gold was discovered in this region after the gold discovery at summer hill creek.
    *NOTE:Date in incorrect but year is correct.

  • Ballarat

    Here, James Reagan and John Dunlop discovered what became one of the richest goldfields the world has ever known.

  • Bendigo

    A journalist, Henry Frenchman spotted Margarat Kennedy and Mrs Farrel 'filling their cans with gold'. This sparked the gold rush in Bendigo.
    *NOTE:The date is incorrect but the month and year are correct.

  • Ararat

    100 Chinese had been mining in Ararat for 6 months when Europeans arrived. Europeans ripped off Chinese. *NOTE:Date is incorrect but month and year are correct

  • Canoona

    15 000 diggers were stranded in Canoone. *NOTE:Date is incorrect but year is correct

  • Gympie

    James Nash discovered gold in Gympie, when he was panning, waiting for his billy to boil. *NOTE:The date is incorrect but the year is correct

  • Beaconsfield

    Alluvial gold was first panned after gold being first discovered in Beaconsfield in 1847. *NOTE:Date is incorrect but year is correct.

  • Darwin

    Gold was discovered and a gold rush began in Darwin. *NOTE:Date is incorrect butyear is correct

  • Charters Towers

    Jupiter Mosman was looking for a horse and discovered gold nuggets. *NOTE:The date is incorrct but the year is correct

  • Palmer River

    Willian Hann discovered gold while exploring the interior of Cape York. *NOTE:Date is incorrect but year is correct

  • Mt.Morgan

    William McKinley first discovered gold on Ironston Mountail (Mt. Morgan) *NOTE:Date is incorrect but year is correct

  • Coolgardie

    Arthur Wellsly Bayley rode into the town of Southern Cross with 15.7kg of gold from Coolgardie. *NOTE:Date is incorrect but year is correct

  • Kalgoorlie

    Irish Partick Hannan found gold in Kalgoorlie.