It started a gold rush.
Gold was first found in New South Wales. Unofficially, traces were first found in the Fish River in the 1830s; officially, gold was first found at Ophir in 1851.
1851 was the year of the first official gold discoveries in Australia.
William Chapman first found gold in Echunga, South Australia in 1852.
Western Australia is the state where most of Australia's gold is currently found. It has about half of Australia's working gold mines.
In 1892, gold was found at Coolgardie, Western Australia, sparking off the gold rush in Western Australia.
At the time gold was found in Australia, there was a major gold rush going on in California.
200 pounds.
He didn't.Edward Hargraves found the first payable gold in Australia in February 1851.
Western Australia has about half of Australia's working gold mines.
Metallic gold.
Gold was found in every single state of Australia, as well as the Northern Territory.