They reverted to being the centre of farming communities.
There was no single Australian goldrush, but it was a series of rushes over many decades, spanning all states and the Northern Territory.The most significant towns were:Bathurst, NSWLambing Flat (now Young), NSWBendigo, VicBallarat, VicKalgoorlie, WACoolgardie, WAGympie, Qld
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For the same reason that White European people were disliked in China; they looked different, spoke different and had different customs. Racism was rife all over the world then, as it is now. We are just more aware of it and try to be politically correct now.
Bushrangers are common in NSW, Queensland and Victoria, but they lived all over Australia. During the gold rushes they were most common in places where their were a lot of money and gold, or along the 'money routes'.
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