This is a matter of considerable debate.
Edward Hargraves is credited with being the first to officially find payable gold in Australia, and thus is credited with starting the goldrush in Australia. He purported to find gold at Summerhill Creek, at a place he named Ophir, near Bathurst, New South Wales. However, he was not the actual, physical discoverer of the gold. The true discoverer was a man named John Lister, with the help of his friends, the Tom brothers. Neither Lister nor the Tom brothers were given the credit. Having said that, however, they certainly used the knowledge and equipment (such as the cradle) that Hargraves brought from the Californian goldfields to enable them to find the gold.
Debate continued well into the 20th century about to whom the credit was due, and in the end, a court of inquiry found that Lister was deserving of the credit. Nonetheless, Hargraves was the one who originally received the rewards.
Edward Hargraves was led to the right location to find gold by John Lister.
Edward Hargraves found gold at Summerhill Creek.
Edward Hargraves' home town was Gosport, Hampshire. He was a gold prospector who claimed to have found gold in Australia.
No. Many discoveries of gold had been found before Edward Hargraves found his but it was kept secret in case of chaos.
He was a gold commissioner and a writer.
to get a pension for life
Edward Hargraves
Edward found gold
Hargraves was born in 1811. He discovered gold in 1851. Therefore he was about 40 years old.
John Lister and William Tom were with Edward Hargraves when he discovered the first payable gold in Australia.
Because he wanted to start a gold rush
Gold was first "officially" discovered in Australia by Edward Hargraves in February 1851, not far from Bathurst, New South Wales.