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Surveyor James McBrien was the first recorded person to find gold in Australia, doing so near Bathurst, NSW in 1823.

These early discoveries were kept secret for various reasons. Gold was first officially discovered in Australia in 1851, not far from Bathurst, New South Wales by Edward Hargraves.

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