Gold mining in Australia
The Australian gold rushes started in 1851 back prospector Edward Hammond Hargraves claimed the analysis of payable gold abreast Bathurst, New South Wales, at a armpit Edward Hargraves alleged Ophir. Six months later, gold was begin in Victoria at Warrandyte and Ballarat, and a abbreviate time after at Bendigo Creek. Gold was after begin in all of the added Australian colonies (later accepted as states or territories)
Discoveries of gold in Australia before the rushes
Prior to Hargraves claimed analysis of payable gold and he was additionally the aboriginal to acquisition gold in Australia. Jake Mason accounted gold had been apparent in Australia by others but they had bootless to aftereffect in the development of a the gold field. These accessory finds included Reverend WB Clarke in 1851 with added finds in 1844. Back Clarke appear his analysis to the New South Wales Governor George Gipps, Gipps asked Clarke to: "Put them away, Mr Clarke, or we shall all accept our throats cut!". Gold finds in a captive association were not accustomed at the time. Although the NSW and Victorian governments after adored Clarke for his contribution, his banking rewards didn't analyze to those for Hargraves.
Other aboriginal gold finds in the antecedents were:
* 1814 - Some convicts who were active acid a alley to Bathurst were rumoured to accept begin a abundance of gold.[1]
* 1823, 15 February - The aboriginal absolute analysis of gold in the colonies was by Assistant Surveyor, James McBrien, who apparent abundant genitalia of gold in Fish River, about 15 afar east of Bathurst, New South Wales.[citation needed]
* 1825 - A captive flogged in Sydney on suspicion of accepting baseborn gold, which he declared he had apparent in the bush. An bearding letter to the editor of the Sydney Morning Herald on May 20, May 1851 articular the area of the acquisition as "Big Hill".
* 1829 - Mr Jackson Barwise claims he had his absorption fatigued to gold by a James Ryan. They captivated the gold up and Mr Barwise took this aback to Sydney area he was told to accumulate quiet or he would be bound up as actuality insane. This was declared to be to stop the shepherds active abroad to acquisition gold.
* 1839, April - Paweł Edmund Strzelecki apparent gold associated with pyrites at the Vale of Clwydd, in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales.
* 1844 - Mr Alexander Tolmein, beatific by Governor Grey to Kangaroo Island to abduction a assemblage of bushrangers, appear that he had back about 20 afar S.S.W. from Melbourne apparent a quartz beach with chicken metal in it, which he was afterwards assertive was gold.
* 1848 - Gold specimens begin on the spurs of the Pyrenees Mountains, Victoria; apparent in the boutique window of Mr. Robe, jeweller, Melbourne.
* 1849, 31 January - Gold apparent at the Pyrenees, Port Phillip, by a shepherd.
* 1849, January - Thomas Chapman apparent gold at Daisy Hill, Victoria and awash it to Mrs. Brentani, Collins Street, Melbourne, a asset which advised 16 ounces. Afraid of the Melbourne authorities, the discoverer anchored to Sydney in the 'Sea-horse'.
* 1849 - William Clarke, Jr., with William Vicary, begin aureate quartz at Smythesdale, Victoria.
* 1851, January - Edward Austin[2] brought to Sydney a asset of gold account £35, which he begin in the Bathurst District.[3]
* 1851 - Gold was apparent in Warrandyte, Victoria in what is now a accompaniment park.
* 1872 - Worlds better anytime gold asset was apparent by Bernhard Otto Holterman.
First License
The aboriginal authorization was issued in Victoria on September the 21st, 1851. The cardinal of gold licenses issued in N.S.W., was 12,186, of which 2,094 were issued at the Ophir; 8,637 at the Turon; 1,009 at the Meroo and Louisa Creek; 41 at the Abercrombie; and 405 at Araluen, up to October 31, 1851.[4]
Other discoveries
* 1851 - Sofala, New South Wales
* 1865 - Richard Daintree apparent the Cape River goldfield in North Queensland.[5] Attention anon confused to Charters Towers with a added cogent acreage apparent in 1872. The aforementioned year mining began on the Palmer River abreast * 1872 - Darwin acquainted the furnishings of a gold blitz at Pine Creek afterwards advisers of the Australian Overland Telegraph Line begin gold while digging holes for telegraph poles.
Further reading
Australian Government, Culture and Recreation Portal: The Australian Gold Rush
