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Bathurst Goldfields

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[|Hargraves, Edward Hammond (1816 - 1891) Biographical Entry]

In 1851, during the time that there was a gold rush in California, a gold rush began in Australia. The gold in California was mainly in the form of very fine grains, called gold dust. However, in Australia, it was not unusual for gold nuggets, some very large, to be found.

The Largest Australian Nuggets In October 1872 **Holtermann's Nugget** was found. At that time it was the world's largest specimen of reef gold. It weighed 286 kg and measured 150cm by 66cm. The Hand of Faith (27.2 kg), the Welcome Stranger (73.4 kg) and the Welcome (69.9 kg) are famous. Small amounts of gold were found in New South Wales in the early days of the colony, but the authorities hushed it up. However, in February 1851 a man named Hargraves found gold in near Bathurst, and word quickly spread.
 * The Australian gold rush begins **

Within a week there were over 400 people digging there for gold, and by June there were 2000. They named the goldfield //Ophir// after a city of gold in the Bible. The Australian gold rush had begun! Between 1851 and 1861, Australia produced one third of the world's gold.

So many people went to the goldfield that there was a shortage of people doing other work such as farming, building, baking and so on. Governor Fitz Roy was worried that there would be violence and lawlessness at the goldfields, and he ordered that gold seekers must pay for a licence in order to dig for gold. In August 1851, part of New South Wales was made a separate colony, and was named Victoria after the Queen. Many Victorians had gone to the goldfields, and businessmen, to keep people from leaving the new colony, offered a prize of 200 guineas for the first person who found gold in Victoria. At around the same time, gold was found at Clunes, at Andersons Creek near Warrandyte and at Buninyong. Towards the end of August, James Reagan and John Dunlop discovered the richest goldfield the world has ever seen in a place the Aborigines called //Balla arat//, which means 'camping place', now the city of Ballarat. Other discoveries soon followed in Mount Alexander, now called Castlemaine, in We will be staing in Conrod Straight for camp.
 * The Victorian goldfields **

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Here are two websites explaining how the gold rush effected minority groups on the gold fields in Australia. Choose one of these groups and research how they were effected. Open the word document to record your information. [|Effect of the Gold Rush.doc] Effect of gold rush on aboriginals Effect of gold rush on the Chinese