Ballarat Gold Rush by Emily and Jenny

By Grade6Fab

  • Gold specks.

    Governor James McBrian found gold specks in Fish River.

  • Discovery of gold.

    Discovery of gold.
    Edward Hargraves discovered a grain of gold in a waterhole near Bathurst N.S.W.
    Gold is discovered at Ophir N.S.W, the begining of the Gold Rush.

  • Different people.

    More than 20,000 miners from different countries were working on the gold fields.

  • Ballarat becoming popular.

    Ballarat became a more populated town, famous for its gold rush.

  • Gold licence introduced.

    Gold licence introduced.
    The gold miners licence was introduced.

  • Fire of the Eureka Hotel.

    Fire of the Eureka Hotel.
    The Eureka Hotel was burnt down by 2 drunk miners, Later one of the miners Scottie Scoby was killed.

  • Govenor Latrobe.

    Govenor Latrobe.
    Govenor Latrobe was replaced by Charles Hotham.

  • Gold.

    Gold.
    Someone found a gold nugget that weighed 40kg.

  • Eureka!

    Eureka!
    The Welcome nugget was found. It weighed 68.95kg

  • Stranger...

    Stranger...
    The Welcome Stranger nugget was found by 2 men called John Deason and Richard Oates in Moligaul, Vic.

  • Holtermann's nugget.

    Holtermann's nugget.
    The Holtermann nugget was found. It weighed 28.6kg.