Map of Australia

Although the first major gold rush in Australia occurred in early 1851, there were a number of minor gold discoveries "Down Under" that took place in the years leading up to Edward Hargraves' discovery of major gold placers in New South Wales in late 1850. For better or worse, these early discoveries were either deemed too distant, too hard to work, too small (not commercially viable), or the knowledge of their existence was deliberately withheld from the public and the authorities for any number of reasons

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