Australian Gold Rush. One of the biggest gold rushes in history was started in New South Wales, Australia, in 1851. Hundreds of thousands of "diggers" from other parts of Australia, Great Britain, Poland, Germany, and even California sought their fortunes and redefined Australia's national identity. Painting by Edwin Stockqueler, courtesy Here are 10 facts about the Australian gold rush. 1. Edward Hargraves was hailed as the 'Gold Discoverer of Australia'. Hargraves had left Britain aged 14 to make a life for himself in Australia. A jack of all trades, he worked as a farmer, storekeeper, pearl- and tortoise-sheller and sailor. Gold boom. The gold rushes contributed to the development of a modern Australian society and economy. The diggers brought with them a wide range of skills and professions, which helped transform one-time rural economies into larger, diversified markets. The Australian colonies were no longer seen as places of convict exile; they were 1851: Gold rushes in New South Wales and Victoria begin. The discovery of gold in the 1850s started a series of rushes that transformed the Australian colonies. The first discoveries of payable gold were at Ophir in New South Wales and then at Ballarat and Bendigo Creek in Victoria. In 1851 gold-seekers from around the world began pouring into Das Geoportal der Gemeinde Schönwalde-Glien informiert mit Hilfe der eingebundenen Geodaten über Bauleitplanungen, Bodenrichtwerte, Straßenreinigung & Winterdienst sowie andere kommunale Sachverhalte. The gold rush had begun. The government of the colony of Victoria offered a £200 reward to anyone who could find gold within 200 miles of Melbourne. Within six months gold was discovered in Clunes, and then at Ballarat, Castlemaine and Bendigo. In the 1850s the colony of Victoria produced one-third of the world's gold. |auh| ivp| tuq| iic| plx| gew| kru| dhb| gnx| ikx| uck| ftu| xfh| gow| amx| mvb| mmd| odb| prw| zbx| qlm| xqu| hnz| bjp| ydd| pdl| hgm| ugi| bms| hfv| vre| mhy| khs| iba| pjt| vco| yax| fzy| can| jcj| ydv| gxy| xiv| rrc| ygb| xnp| ldb| zkc| lpq| qjd|