Who was involved in the gold rush in australia?
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What person was at the center of the gold rush in Australia? Who were the majority of people who came to Australia for the gold rush?
Edward Hargraves
Britain
Australian gold rushes
Who was involved in the gold rush in australia?
Australian gold rushes California Gold Rush Victorian gold rush Gold rush Western Australian gold rushes Klondike Gold Rush History of Chinese Australians New South Wales gold rush Fraser Canyon Gold Rush Gold mining in Western Australia
<b>History</b> of discovery. The first <b>gold rush in Australia</b> began in May 1851 after 
prospector Edward Hargraves claimed to have&nbsp;... <b>History</b>. California <b>goldfields</b> (red) in the Sierra Nevada and northern California. 
Advertisement about sailing to California, circa 1850. The Victorian <b>gold rush</b> was a period in the <b>history</b> of Victoria, <b>Australia</b> 
approximately between 1851 and the late 1860s. It led to a period of extreme 
prosperity&nbsp;... A <b>gold rush</b> or gold fever is a new discovery of gold—sometimes accompanied by 
other precious metals and rare-earth minerals—that brings an onrush of miners 
seeking their fortune. Major <b>gold rushes</b> took place in the 19th century in 
<b>Australia</b>, New Zealand, ... trade, colonization and environmental <b>history</b> 
associated with <b>gold rushes</b>. <b>History</b> of West <b>Australia</b>. p. 322. These previously unexplored eastern districts 
were hot and barren and had limited natural water supplies or pre-existing&nbsp;... The Klondike <b>Gold Rush</b> was a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to 
the Klondike ... was discovered around Nome in west Alaska, and many 
prospectors left the Klondike for the new <b>goldfields</b>, marking the end of the 
Klondike Rush. ... The other two trails, known as the &quot;water routes&quot;, <b>involved</b> more 
river travel. After finally arriving on the <b>goldfields</b> the hardships the ... was widespread 
throughout the <b>Australian gold rushes</b>. New South Wales experienced the first <b>gold rush in Australia</b>, a period generally 
accepted to lie between 1851 and 1880. This period in the <b>history</b> of New South&nbsp;... The Fraser Canyon <b>Gold Rush</b> began in 1858 after gold was discovered on the 
Thompson ... The Fraser Canyon War did not affect the upper reaches of the 
<b>goldfields</b>, in the area of Lillooet, and the short-lived popularity of the ... The Early 
<b>History</b> of the Fraser River Mines, Frederic William Howay (C.F. Banfield, 1926)&nbsp;... Early <b>history</b>[edit]. <b>Gold mining</b> in Western <b>Australia</b> is located in Western 
<b>Australia</b> &middot; Telfer.
Edward Hargraves
Australian gold rushes