gold rush

By berrimaps

  • First person to go out to find gold

    George Hermann Bruhn left Melbourne to explore the mineral resources of the countryside of Victoria.

  • Start of the Gold Rush

    Image result for australian gold rush In January 1851, before Hargraves' find of gold in February 1851 at Summerhill near Bathurst in New South Wales which started the first Australian gold rush, George Hermann Bruhn had left Melbourne to explore the mineral resources of the countryside of Victoria

  • Battle of the Eureka Stockade

    The Eureka Rebellion in 1854 was a rebellion of gold miners of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, who revolted against the colonial authority of the United Kingdom. The Battle of the Eureka Stockade, by which the rebellion is popularly known, was fought between miners and the Colonial forces of Australia on 3 December 1854 at Eureka Lead and named for the stockade structure erected by miners during the conflict.