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1851 was the year the goldrush started in Australia. The first wave came with the discovery of payable gold in New South Wales, while the discovery of gold in Victoria a few months later brought tens if thousands of new settlers to Australia.
Gold fever in Australia began with the first official discovery of gold in 1851.
Hundreds of thousands of immigrants came to Australia for the goldrushes in the mid 1800s. At the beginning of the goldrush, in 1851, Australia's population was about 430,000. Twenty years later, in 1871, the population had trebled to 1.7 million. This was an increase of 1.27 million.
Australia's first payable gold was officially discovered in Australia in May 1851.
It was not actually a mineral that was found in Australia in 1851, but a metal. Payable gold was discovered in Australia in 1851, leading to the goldrushes.
1851 was the year of the first official gold discoveries in Australia.
Before the gold Rush started Australia's Population was around 430 000 which was in 1851 and its population grew to 1.7 million in 1871.
Hundreds of thousands of immigrants came to Australia for the goldrushes in the mid 1800s. At the beginning of the goldrush, in 1851, Australia's population was about 430,000. Twenty years later, in 1871, the population had trebled to 1.7 million. This was an increase of 1.27 million.
Australia was not a country in 1851, but a series of colonies, each with its own government. However, the name of Australia for the continent had been officially adopted in 1824, so this is what the land was known as in 1851.
the discovery of gold near bathurst, new south wales
The official year of discovery of gold in New South Wales and, four months later, Victoria, was 1851. These were the discoveries that sparked the gold rush in Australia.
The first goldrush in Victoria, Australia occurred in August 1851, three months after the discovery of the first payable gold in New South Wales.