John Lister find gold in 1851
Edward Hargraves was led to the right location to find gold by John Lister.
John Lister is famous for being the assistant of Edward Hargraves, on his findong of gold.
James Tom, together with John Lister, is one of the first but uncredited discoverers of payable gold in Australia.Edward Hargraves is generally regarded as the first to officially discover gold in Australia. Hargraves enlisted the assistance of John Lister and James Tom, men who had already found gold in the region. Lister and Tom led Hargraves directly to where gold was found, at Summerhill Creek, at a site which Hargraves named "Ophir".Hargraves has been credited with the discovery ever since, even though, by rights, credit should go to Lister. An enquiry in 1887 proved that John Hardmann Lister and James Tom were the first one to find gold in Australia.
Gold prospector Edward Hammond Hargraves found gold in February 12, 1851. He found five gold specks along with John Lister in Lewis Ponds Creek.
Edward Hargraves told the newspaper about the gold he claimed he found but John Lister and the Tom brothers really found it so they didn't get any credit
Hargraves did not actually find any gold nuggets himself. His offsider John Lister, was the one who actually found the gold, and it was not in the form of a large nugget. The gold was payable, but it was in smaller nuggets that were not named.
John Lister and William Tom were with Edward Hargraves when he discovered the first payable gold in Australia.
John Lister-Kaye was born in 1946.
John Lister was born on March 8, 1847.
John Lister was born on March 8, 1847.
Edward Hargraves, though credited with finding the first payable gold in Australia, was not the one who actually did the work and the digging. He employed John Lister to find the gold.Regardless, the time between when Hargraves returned to Australia and Lister found gold (using knowledge and technology Hargraves had brought from California) was only about one month. Hargraves returned to Australia in January 1851, and found gold with Lister's help on 12 February, although the official announcement was not made until May of that year.
The first payable gold was discovered in Australia in 1851, not far from Bathurst, New South Wales by Edward Hargraves.Hargraves had carefully studied the geology of the area and, convinced that it was similar to that of the California goldfields, from where he had just returned, went prospecting. He enlisted the assistance of 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".Hargraves has been credited with the discovery ever since, even though, by rights, credit should go to Lister. An enquiry in 1887 proved that John Hardmann Lister and James Tom were the first ones to find payable gold in Australia.