The most common forms of transport used were horse, horse and cart but most of the time is was just plain old walking.
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On the Goldfields in 1851 there was mutton, damper, tea, potatoes and many more basic kinds of food and drinks
they traelled by horse,walk or cart.
donkey foot camal horses and many more
on the goldfields a bucket is used to keep dert and rox in it
The richest goldfields were located in Victoria which is why the Chinese migrated there. Between the years 1851 and 1861 almost 30,000 Chinese migrated to Victoria.
The first goldfields established in Australia were in the Bathurst area, west of Sydney, in 1851. Several months later, in the same year, the discovery was made of the rich goldfields in central Victoria, encompassing Bandigo - Mt Alexander - Ballarat and numerous township within that region.
Most diggers did not take much equipment. They may have taken basic picks and pans, and would have just carried them, either on horsebank or Shanks's pony (walking). Some diggers did not carry their equipment to the goldfields. They waited until they arrived, and then paid exorbitant prices at the goldfields for the items they needed.
From overseas, they came by sailing ships. They then went on, like the locals, by animal transport or walking.
In 1851, a gold mining licence, sometimes also called a miners' right, cost thirty shillings on the Australian goldfields. It had to be renewed regularly, and it had to be produced whenever the troopers came around to check. These checks were invasive and often quite violent, which is one of the main reasons why there was so much unrest on the goldfields in the early years of the Australian gold rushes.
At different months in 1851, gold was found near Bathurst, at Ophir, NSW, and also at Bendigo and Ballarat in Victoria. The Bendigo/Ballarat/Castlemaine region remains one of Australia's richest gold-bearing regions. For a map of the Victorian goldfields, see the related link.The goldfields of Gympie, Queensland, were discovered in October 1867.In Western Australia, the Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie goldfields were discovered in 1892 and 1893.
There was no-one in the Australian goldfields up until 1851, when the gold rush started. After that, it is impossible to determine population for the latter half of the century. The goldfields contained a transient population, people who moved constantly, came and went as new strikes were made or old ones ran out. In 1851, Victoria's population was 75,000. Ten years later, it was half a million. This figure would have changed constantly.