What were Edward Hargraves' major achievements?

Answer 1

Rightly or wrongly, Edward Hargraves is credited with starting the gold rush in Australia. Edward Hargraves had studied the geology of the Bathurst area and, convinced that it was similar to that of the California goldfields, from where he had just returned, went prospecting. He asked for assistance from John Lister, a man who had already found gold in the region. Lister led Hargraves directly to where gold was found, at Summerhill Creek, at a site which Hargraves named "Ophir". After reporting his discovery, he was appointed a 'Commissioner of Land', receiving a reward of £10,000 plus a life pension. The New South Wales government made the official announcement of the discovery of gold on 22 May 1851.

Answer 2

In essence, Hargraves started the gold rush in Australia.

Edward Hargraves had carefully studied the geology of the Bathurst area and, convinced that it was similar to that of the California goldfields, from where he had just returned, went prospecting. He asked for assistance from John Lister, a man who had already found gold in the region. Lister led Hargraves directly to where gold was found, at Summerhill Creek, at a site which Hargraves named "Ophir". After reporting his discovery, he was appointed a 'Commissioner of Land', receiving a reward of

Answer 3

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 found gold at Summerhill Creek, at a place he named Ophir, near Bathurst, New South Wales. Although he was led to where gold had already been found by a man named John Lister, Lister was not given the credit, but it was the knowledge and equipment that Hargraves brought from the Californian goldfields that enabled Lister to find the gold.

Answer 4

Edward Hargraves, the man who started the Australian goldrush, employed the services of John Lister and the Tom brothers, William and James. They did the real hard labour, but they used the knowledge Hargraves had, as well as the technology of the rocker which he brought from the Californian goldfields.

Answer 5

Rightly or wrongly, Edward Hargraves is credited with starting the gold rush in Australia. Edward Hargraves had studied the geology of the Bathurst area and, convinced that it was similar to that of the California goldfields, from where he had just returned, went prospecting. He asked for assistance from John Lister, a man who had already found gold in the region. Lister led Hargraves directly to where gold was found, at Summerhill Creek, at a site which Hargraves named "Ophir". After reporting his discovery, he was appointed a 'Commissioner of Land', receiving a reward of

Answer 6

Edward Hammond Hargraves (1816-1891) started the gold rush in Australia when he claimed to have found gold. It was actually the men he had enlisted, John Lister and James Tom, that had discovered the first payable amount of gold in a goldfield.

Answer 7

In essence, Hargraves started the gold rush in Australia.

Edward Hargraves had carefully studied the geology of the Bathurst area and, convinced that it was similar to that of the California goldfields, from where he had just returned, went prospecting. He asked for assistance from John Lister, a man who had already found gold in the region. Lister led Hargraves directly to where gold was found, at Summerhill Creek, at a site which Hargraves named "Ophir". After reporting his discovery, he was appointed a 'Commissioner of Land', receiving a reward of £10,000 plus a life pension. The New South Wales government made the official announcement of the discovery of gold on 22 May 1851.

Answer 8

Edward Hargraves married Eliza Mackie in 1836.