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Can you strike it rich during the Gold Rush?

Victorian Goldfields

Gold in Western Australia

On the Track

The Eastern Goldfields of WA

Maude Wordsworth - Life on the Goldfields

In 1851, Edward Hargraves discovered a 'grain of gold' in a waterhole near Bathurst. He was convinced that the similarity in geological features between Australia and the California goldfields (from where he had just returned) boded well for the search of gold in his homeland. He was proved correct. He named the place 'Ophir', reported his discovery to the authorities, and was appointed a 'Commissioner of Land'. He received a reward of 10,000, plus a life pension.

The discovery marked the beginning of the Australian gold rushes and a radical change in the economic and social fabric of the nation.

Source: www.australia.gov.au

The Gold Rush

ABC Education Resources - Gold Rush

BTN - Gold Rush

Gold

Peaches Gold

Life on the Gold Fields

Eureka! The Rush for Gold
 

The Eureka Stockade 



 

Riot or Revolution
 

The Eureka Flag

Eureka Stockade Timeline

EBooks

Publisher: Macmillan Digital Library

Australian Gold Rushes

Gold Diggers

Yr 5 The Gold Rush

My Place 1850's: For Teachers