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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.
In 1851 gold-seekers from around the world began pouring into the colonies, changing the course of Australian history. The gold rushes greatly expanded Australia’s population, boosted its economy, and led to the emergence of a new national identity.
The Australian gold rush of the 1850s brought much less wealth to New South Wales than to Victoria, where the goldfields were considerably larger. But after causing some dislocation, the rush did add to the well-being of the colony and helped it recover from a depression…. Read More.
The discovery of gold in Australia in 1851 started one of the biggest gold rushes in history. At its peak, over 100,000 people were digging for gold in the country. But, the gold rushes had a profound impact on Australia and its people.
Rumours of gold. The first gold discoverers were shepherds, surveyors and clergymen. As early as 1823, surveyor James McBrien noticed gold particles by the Fish River east of Bathurst.
In the 1850s the colony of Victoria produced one-third of the world’s gold. Gold was also discovered in Tasmania (1852), Queensland (from 1857) and the Northern Territory (from 1871). In the 1890s, a new series of gold rushes began when huge gold fields were found at Kalgoorlie and Coolgardie in Western Australia.
New South Wales gold rush. Holtermann with 235 kg gold specimen from Hill End, NSW. New South Wales experienced the first gold rush in Australia, a period generally accepted to lie between 1851 and 1880.
