SIGNIFICANT EVENTS DURING THE GOLD RUSH

By mumwalters

  • edward hargraves discovers gold near bathurst

    even though Edward Hargraves was not the first person to find gold in 1851when he announced his find, he let everyone know about it.without this man the Australian gold rush would have never started.

  • 2 women find gold, Bendigo gold rush started

    in the late spring of 1851,two women found gold in a creek bed in Bendigo.this started the Bendigo gold rush

  • the Eureka Stockade

    The Eureka Stockade was a extremely significant for the history of the Australian democracy. If the Eureka rebellion was not preformed by those brave miners,we might have still been ruled by the government today

  • the Chinese immagrate to Autsralia

    when the Chinese arrived they were mostly men, just 11 women had to deal with all the men.The Chinese were mostly hated by the Europeans, and this lead to the lambing flat riots

  • THE LAMBING FLAT RIOTS

    The lambing flat riots were a significant series of events in the history of the Australian gold rush. these events set up Australia in becoming a multicultural country.

  • BEN HALL SHOT

    Being the cause of many armed robberies, Ben hall was killed when he was ambushed by police and falling with about thirty bullets in his back

  • WELCOME STRANGER NUGGET FOUND

    being the largest gold nugget ever found, the welcome stranger nugget was very significant. this finding of the nugget proved that gold mining was more related on luck than anything else.

  • NED KELLY HANGED

    Ned Kelly was an infamous Irish-Australian bush ranger, outlawed for horse theft,robbery and murder. his death was a significant event in Australian gold rush, attracting many of the public.

  • WESTERN AUSTRALIAN GOLD RUSH STARTED

    The discovery of the gold over in Western Australia started up a whole new gold rush. Western people produced more than half of the gold found in the whole of Australia