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New South Wales
Edward Hargraves was the first person to discover gold in Australia. He found gold at Bathurst in 1851.
Summer Hill-1851
Lewis Pond Creek-1851 -
Victoria
In August (1851-1864) John Dunlop was the first person to discover gold in Victoria. He found it in Ballarat.
Bendigo- 1851 -
South Australia
In 1851 The South Australian government gave anyone who could find gold $1000. In 1852 William Chapman found gold in Echunga.
Teetulpa-1866 -
Tasmania
In 1859, Keeling Richardson was the first person to find gold in Tasmania on the east of Fingal.
Beaconsfield-1905 -
Queensland
In 1867 John Nash discovered gold in Gympie as Gympie was the hope of finding gold.
Palmer River- 1877
Mount Morgan- 1860 -
Northern Territory
In 1871 construction workers found gold by accident between Alice Springs and Darwin.
Tennant Creek-1895 -
Western Australia
In 1892, Arthur Bayley and William Flat were the first people to discover gold in Western Australia near a waterhole.
Kalgoorlie-1893