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Many of the miners came from the California fields which were dwindling.
There is a 600 acre gold field at 21 Briardle AVE, Enfield Victoria AUSTRALIA 3352
Gold fever in Australia began with the first official discovery of gold in 1851.
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.
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.
Sovereign Hill, BallaratLambing Flat, YoungBendigo-CastlemaineKalgoorlieHill End
As the Gold Rush started in Australia, instantly - 1851
Although there were minor reports of gold earlier, the first official, reported discovery of gold in South Australia was in January 1846, near Castambul.
It started a gold rush.
Gold Fields's population is 2,010.
The population of Gold Fields is 49,715.