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The discovery of gold was officially announced in May 1851, and this is what started the gold rush in Australia. The first payable gold strike occurred at Ophir, not far from Bathurst, New South Wales, when Edward Hargraves, assisted by John Lister, found Australia's first payable gold.

Less than three months later, on 9 August 1851, Victoria had its first major gold strike, and this is when the gold rush really took off.

However, durihg the 1860s, Queensland experienced a goldrush, whisle during the late 1800s, another goldrush took off in Western Australia.

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