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In the latter part of the nineteenth century, discoveries of gold at a number of locations in Western Australia caused large influxes of prospectors from overseas and interstate, and classic gold rushes. [2] [3] Significant finds included: Halls Creek in 1885, found by Charles Hall and Jack Slattery. Triggered the "Kimberley gold rush". [4]
To get a sense of how unglamorous it was, here are 11 historical photos of treasure seekers who gave it their all in pursuit of gold. 1. Coeur d’Alene, Idaho (1885)
During the Australian gold rushes, starting in 1851, significant numbers of workers moved from elsewhere in Australia and overseas to where gold had been discovered. Gold had been found several times before, but the colonial government of New South Wales (Victoria did not become a separate colony until 1 July 1851) had suppressed the news out of the fear that it would reduce the workforce and ...
Pages in category "Australian gold rushes" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. ... Canoona gold rush; Coolgardie, Western Australia; Shire ...
Patrick Hannan (baptised 26 April 1840 – 4 November 1925) [1] was a gold prospector whose lucrative discovery on 14 June 1893 set off a major gold rush in the area now known as Kalgoorlie-Boulder in Western Australia. The resulting goldfield has been mined ever since and is renowned as The Golden Mile, the richest square mile in the world.
Various gold rushes occurred in Australia over the second half of the 19th century. The most significant of these, although not the only ones, were the New South Wales gold rush and Victorian gold rush in 1851, [3] and the Western Australian gold rushes of the 1890s. They were highly significant to their respective colonies' political and ...
Bushrangers attack mounted policemen guarding a gold escort. The Australian gold rushes of the 1850s and 1860s marked the next distinct phase of bushranging, as the discovery of gold gave bushrangers access to great wealth that was portable and easily converted to cash. Their task was assisted by the isolated location of the goldfields and the ...
The two men returned to Southern Cross with 554 troy ounces (17.2 kg) of gold, worth £2,200 (or more than A$300,000 in 2015), which they showed to the warden, J. & M. Finnerty, on 17 September 1892. A reward lease of 20 acres (81,000 m 2 ) was granted to them, and on 20 September 1892 the Coolgardie field was declared open.