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  2. Moliagul - Wikipedia

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    In July 1855, gold was found at Little Hill and a second gold rush occurred in the Moliagul area. In 1855 it is estimated there were 16,000 people living in the immediate area during the peak of the Victorian gold rush period. In 1856 the Mount Moliagul Hotel was opened. [4] Moliagul Post Office opened on 15 November 1858 and closed in 1971. [5]

  3. Jim Crow goldfield - Wikipedia

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    Mining activity along Larni Barramal Yaluk (Jim Crow Creek) was photographed in 1857/8 on wetplate collodion by Richard Daintree and Antoine Fauchery for their Sun Pictures of Victoria, [15] a copy of which is preserved in the State Library of Victoria., [16] and traces in the landscape and relics of gold mining activity can still be seen there ...

  4. Recreational gold mining - Wikipedia

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    Recreational gold mining and prospecting has become a popular outdoor activity several countries, including New Zealand (particularly in Otago), Australia, South Africa, Wales (at Dolaucothi and in Gwynedd), Canada and the United States especially. Recreational mining is typically small-scale placer mining but has been challenged for ...

  5. Kingower, Victoria - Wikipedia

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    The Blanche Barkly remains the third largest gold nugget ever discovered to this day. The discovery of the nearby Inglewood goldfield drained Kingower of most of its population in 1859. From then onward, only a small number of diggers continued "working the field," despite large nuggets still being unearthed from time to time.

  6. Category:Gold prospecting in Victoria (state) - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Gold prospecting in Victoria (state)" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. H. Hand of Faith

  7. Ararat, Victoria - Wikipedia

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    [45] [46] The value of the gold received by the Ararat Sub-Treasury in that year was £29,820 7sh 2d with a value in the 2020s in the order of $15m. [47] (The Victoria Heritage Database records the 1993 relocation to Ballarat of the wooden flat-pack building (1857) used by the Ararat Gold Warden and originally located in Campbell Street, Ararat ...

  8. Talbot, Victoria - Wikipedia

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    Noise and confusion from large numbers of excited diggers, the clang of anvils, the rattle of windlasses and the explosions from blasting. The sights recorded by visiting correspondents—a cake of gold (200 ounces or 6 kg) in a gold broker’s window in the crescent and in another, 1,500 ounces (47 kg) of nuggets—seem like fairy tales.

  9. Rheola, Victoria - Wikipedia

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    Rheola is a locality in central Victoria, Australia. At the 2011 census, Rheola and the surrounding area had a population of 316. [1] Originally called the 'Berlin Rush' or 'Berlin field' after gold nuggets were found. It is part of Victoria's 'Golden Triangle,' [2] which contains some of the world's