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Gold mining began in Australian when diggers located gold deposits near Bathurst in New South Wales. This created a gold rush that began in 1851, which would be followed by other successful mining efforts in Ballarat, Benedigo, Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie before the turn of the century.

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