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Many of the miners came from the California fields which were dwindling.
Gold fever in Australia began with the first official discovery of gold in 1851.
Australia's first gold field was the one where the first payable gold was discovered in 1851 - that is Ophir, at Summerhill Creek, near Bathurst in NSW.
Answerwell California became a State and everyone alot more place had gold and people got rich or started farming.Schools were built.Shortly after the California gold rush gold was discovered in Bathurst, Australia and so all the miners went there. In fact, the man who first found substantial gold in Australia was fresh from the Californian gold fields.
There is a 600 acre gold field at 21 Briardle AVE, Enfield Victoria AUSTRALIA 3352
As the Gold Rush started in Australia, instantly - 1851
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Although there were minor reports of gold earlier, the first official, reported discovery of gold in South Australia was in January 1846, near Castambul.
The first woman in Australia to win an Olympic gold medal was Sarah 'Fanny' Durack. A swimmer, she won Gold in the 100m freestyle in Stockholm in 1912.
It started a gold rush.
Australia's first payable gold was officially discovered in Australia in May 1851.