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The overall effect of the gold rushes was positive. The Australian colonies had been in the grip of a prolonged depression, and the influx of gold-seekers and followers created a demand which reinvigorated the eastern colonies and generated collateral employment, wealth industry and construction, settlement, and led to the beginnings of democratic political change

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