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Edward Hargraves

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  • Birth

  • Arriving at Sydney

  • Takes up 100 acres of land

  • Married to Elizabeth née Mackay

  • Becomes Agent for General Steam Navigation Co.

  • Forfeited his property

  • Goes Bankrupt and goes to California

  • Returns to Sydney

  • Becomes Crown Commisioner

  • Finds 5 specks of gold at Lewis Pond Creek

  • over 300 miners arrive at Ophir

  • revisits England

  • Published a Book called "Australia and it's Goldfields"

  • Goes Bankrupt for the 2nd time

  • Prospects WA

  • Prospects SA

  • recieves an annual pension from the gouvernment

  • Dies