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South Australia
Echunga The South Australian Government offered a
reward of £1,000 to the first miner who could find
payable gold in the colony in 1851.
Mr Chapman was to claim this reward within the
year. 10,000 people came all around to mine
Echunga, however the gold was gone very quickly. -
Victoria
Governor La Trobe offered a reward for anyone
who was able to find gold in Victoria. This offer
was made to stop everyone moving to New South
Wales. -
New South Wales
Edward Hargraves was the first to discover gold
in New South Wales. This discovery lead to
thousands of miners rushing to Lewis Pond
Creek and Turon River. The gold found in these
areas was alluvial gold which was found quickly. -
Queensland
8000 Victorians alone rushed to Port
Curtis. However, the promise of gold was
exaggerated and the findings were very little.
The Victorian government had to donate £15,000 to
help the miners return home. -
Western Australia
Western Australia was actually the last state or territory to join the gold rush, however it proved to
be the richest. -
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Northern Territory
Tennant Creek The most successful mining in the Northern
Territory. Gold was originally found in 1895,
however mining didn’t really begin until 1932.
Tennant Creek is still has an active mining industry
today. -
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Tasmania
Beconsfield On the Tamar River is the deep shaft Beconsfield
mine. This mine produced £77,2671 worth of gold
by 1905, however by 1914 the mine was no longer
productive and it was closed.
