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First official reports of gold
First official reports of the finding of gold in Australia by J McBrien. The information was suppressed by the government who feared a convict rampage. -
Gold found in Hartley
Geologists P E Strzelecki and Rev W B Clarke find gold near Hartley. -
Transportation stopped
Transportation of convicts to NSW stopped. -
Gold found in Calfonia
Gold discovered in California (announced in December 1848). -
Gold rush in America
Californian gold rush. A great many Australians sailed for California. -
Edward Hargraves finds gold
Edward Hargraves returned from California and washed gold at Summer Hill Creek, Ophir. Although he showed little skill in discovering new fields, he received recognition and financial rewards. The early rush to the NSW fields led to a serious decline in the population in Victoria, so a reward was offered for the discovery of gold in that region.Most gold was panned
because of all these people, gold soon ran out -
News of gold spread
Prospectors started arriving from overseas. Approximately 100000 arrived in 1852. Ships' crews deserted. Women were left while their husbands went in search of gold. Australia's population went from 404 276 to 1 097 305 between 1850 and 1860. Small gold deposits were discovered in New Zealand. -
license fee goes down
The licence fee in NSW was reduced to 10/- a month after near riots at Turon.
Victoria followed suit a few months later. -
licences stopped
In Victoria, the licence was replaced with the `Miner's Right', costing 1/- per annum and carrying the right to vote. An export duty of 2s 6d per ounce was placed on gold instead.
Soon NSW follow to by creating the miner's right -
chinese attacked
Lambing Flat riots, in which whites attacked Chinese miners. -
gold discovered again
gold discovered in queensland -
gold in alaska
gold dicovered in alaska
