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Gold has been found in numerous places in New South Wales. The first payable gold was officially found near Ophir, near Bathurst.Other towns where gold was found include:SofalaHill EndWest WyalongCowraCobarTibooburraParkesForbesTinghaBroken Hill
Gold has been found in numerous places in New South Wales. The first payable gold was officially found near Ophir, near Bathurst.Other towns where gold was found include:SofalaHill EndWest WyalongCowraCobarTibooburraParkesForbesTinghaBroken Hill
There is much conjecture about when gold was found in New South Wales. Surveyor James McBrien reported finding gold near Bathurst, NSW in 1823. Polish explorer Paul Strzelecki found gold near Hartley Vale in 1839. Reverend WB Clark found gold near Lithgow in 1941.However, gold was first officially discovered in Australia in 1851, not far from Bathurst, New South Wales.
Gold was first found in New South Wales. Unofficially, traces were first found in the Fish River in the 1830s; officially, gold was first found at Ophir in 1851.
The very first discoveries of gold in Australia were actually at South Australia, but there was insufficient payable gold to warrant official notification. The first "official" discovery of gold in Australia was made in New South Wales, at the place now known as Ophir.
Saddle-reef gold is found in Hill End, New South Wales. This occurs in quartz veins.
In New South Wales, the closest city was Bathurst. In Victoria, the nearest cities were Bendigo and Ballarat.
The goldrushes in New South Wales and Victoria started in 1851.
Gold was first officially discovered in Australia in 1851, not far from Bathurst, New South Wales, by Edward Hargraves with the help of John Lister.
The Gold Coast of Australia is located on the Eastern ciast of Australia's mainland. It is found in southeast Queensland, just north of the border of New South Wales.
Edward Hargraves found gold at Summerhill Creek, at a place he named Ophir, near Bathurst, New South Wales.
The official year of discovery of gold in New South Wales and, four months later, Victoria, was 1851. These were the discoveries that sparked the gold rush in Australia.