In May 1851 after prospector Edward Hargraves claimed he discovered payable gold at Ophir near Orange.
There was no gold rush in Australia in the 1840s.
At the time gold was found in Australia, there was a major gold rush going on in California.
As the Gold Rush started in Australia, instantly - 1851
The gold rush in the 1800s was in eastern australia
The Chinese were attracted to Australia because of the gold rush.
In New South Wales and Victoria, Australia, the first of several goldrushes began in 1851.
The ballarat gold rush began on the9 of august in 1851.
The gold rush at Ballarat, Victoria began in August 1851.
Gold is kept in the gold rush where all the gold is
The gold rush in Western Australia occurred in the 1890s.
the people who found the gold
The gold rush of 1851 changed Australia from a convict colony to a more diverse society. It led to urbanization in Australia.