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The Beginning
Te first discovery was made by Surveyor J. O' brien in Fish River near Lockesley. -
Discovery at the Southern Alps
Dr Johann Lhotsky, a polish doctor found gold in the Southern Alps of New South Wales. -
Gold at Wellington
"Count" Paul Strzelecki found traces of gold at Wellington and in the Vale of Clwydd near Hartley -
Cox's river
Rev William Branwhite Clarke reported that he had found specks of gold at Winburndale Creek near Bathurst, near the headwaters of Cox's River near Hartley and on the Wollondilly River -
A large and plentiful finding
A shepherd named McGregor found a good quantity of gold beside Mitchell's Creek, near Wellington. This was later the site of the Mitchell's Creek Mine at Bodangora. -
The Nugget
William Tipple Smith found a nugget of gold in tree roots on the property "Yallundry" in Frederick's Valley near Ophir.Mr Perrier's shepherd, Daniel found gold in Lewis Ponds Creek near Rock Forest west of Bathurst.
William Lane's shepherd, Donald, had found a nugget of gold near what is now Ophir -
The Beginning of the Gold rush
John Lister had found gold in Lewis Ponds Creek near the present locality of Lewis Ponds, near Byng, and showed his samples to Edward Hargraves prior to Hargraves claim of finding gold there in February 1851. -
Edward Hardgraves Find
Edward Hammond Hargraves confirms John Lister's find of gold in Lewis Ponds Creek near Byng, and claims he found it.
John Lister and William Tom, working on instructions from Hargraves (who was at home in Gosford), found payable gold at Yorkey's Corner at Ophir. Hargraves claimed credit for this find, and reaped all the rewards. Lister and Tom got nothing until 1890. -
Gold Discovery at Lucknow
Gold found at Lucknow, near Orange, by two of William Wentworth's tenant farmers, Agland and Townsend. -
The Dicovery of the Gold
Traces of Alluvial gold was found at summerhill creek in 1850-1851. Edward hardgraves had come from califprnia to seek for more gold after the Californian gold rush. He and John Lister were the men who began the gold rush fever. -
Bathurst
Gold was shortly found in bathurst after the find in Summerhill creek. Hundreds of thousands of people rushed to the Bathurst goldfields. It was found by American surveyor Edward hardgraves with the help of the Tom brothers and John lista. -
The richest Goldfields
Ballarat was officially dubbed the riched Alluvial goldfield as it produced tons of the shiny metal. -
The discovery of gold east od Adelaide
Gold was found by chapman in the eastern areas of Adelaide. -
The Eureka Stockade
There was an uprising in Victoria over the unecessarily expensive gold liscenses and many were killed and fatally injured. it was the start of the Eureka stockade as it went all over the country causing many different uprisings. -
Gold in the Northen teritory
On 23rd of August, 1871 the first gold discovery was made in the Northen Territory. -
Hill end
Gold was once again discovered at Hill end making it one of the most famous goldfields as the gold at hill end was 24 carat meaning it was the purest gold in the world. -
Bushrangers
Bushrangers become a hazard to the gold mines and the surrounding area's.
