Gold was found in many more than two localities, and was, in fact, found in every single state and territory at some stage. Some of the towns where gold was found include 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. Gold was also discovered at Gympie, Queensland, while in Western Australia, the Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie goldfields were among the last to be discovered.
This happened frequently. When this happened, the goldfields became ghost towns, with little left but empty buildings and mullock heaps. Australia is littered with such relics of the goldrushes.
The Chinese primarily came to Australia because of the goldrushes. The Australian goldrush started in the 1850s, and it was then that large numbers of Chinese began immigrating to Australia, to Melbourne and Sydney first, then out to the goldfields. In many gold boom towns, once the gold ran out, the Chinese who did not return to their homeland went into business in the local towns.
Victoria was a particularly rich gold mining state. Some of the gold mining towns were:BendigoBallaratCastlemaineBeechworthMaryboroughMoliagulHeathcoteDaylesfordMaldonWalhallaChilternClunesOmeoStawellCreswickBerringaWedderburn
Operating Gold Mine towns and regions in AustraliaNew South Wales:Endeavour 42, Lake Cowal, West WyalongNew Occidental, OccidentalHill End Project, Hill EndCadia, Cadia Ridgeway - NewcrestNorthern Territory:Callie, The Granites - TanamiMount Todd - KatherineToms Gully, Union Reefs - Pine CreekQueenslandGympieCharters TowersMt IsaCloncurryMount MorganSouth AustraliaChallenger, Olympic Dam, Prominant Hill - Gawler CratonTasmaniaBeaconsfield - LauncestonVictoriaBendigo Mine, inc Central DeborahBallarat MineStawellWestern Australia (the following lists towns and significant mining areas, within which are numerous mines, where about half of Australia's gold mines are located)AgnewBoddington MineCarosue Dam - LavertonCoolgardieCoyote - TanamiDarlot-Centenary - LeonoraKundanaMount MagnetPilbaraSouthern CrossHigginsvilleKundanaLawlers - LeonoraMeekatharraNorsemanPaddys FlatMt PleasantMullineNorthwestDeakin Northwest, JundeeSuper Pit - Kalgoorlie-BoulderKalgoorlie, Golden MileWallaby - LavertonWattle DamWilunaYou can find a map of the current goldfields, and more details regarding the goldfields within each state, at the related links below.
Initially, there were no facilities for education on the goldfields. This only came later, after small towns had sprung up around the diggings.
Gold-bearing countryside in Australia tends to be rocky and hilly, with nearby creeks or rivers. Gold is never found in flat, open country. Gold was discovered at a number of regions, and discoveries usually spread out from a central area.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. See the related link for a map of the Victorian goldfields.The goldfields of Gympie, Queensland, were discovered in October 1867.In Western Australia, the Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie goldfields were discovered in 1892 and 1893.See the related question for details of specific gold-bearing towns.
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Many of the Chinese returned to their home country and their fsmilies with their gold. Many others stayed on in Australia to set up businesses in the towns that sprang up around the goldfields.
Yes and no. The goldeushes in Australia began in 1851 and continued right up until the 1930s, when the last gold rush occurred. During these decades, goldfields and new gold towns sprang up in dozens of locations around Australia, with some of them growing, and others being quickly depleted.
Ballarat and Bendigo
There were doctors in the towns near the goldfields.