Gold Rush Stories Series Introduction

GOLD RUSH STORIES

Gold Rush Stories - Part 49 - Reporting the Gold Discovery in the Press

Gold Rush Stories - Part 49 - Reporting the Gol...

The press announces the discovery of Payable Gold, starting the Gold Rush in Australia.

Gold Rush Stories - Part 49 - Reporting the Gol...

The press announces the discovery of Payable Gold, starting the Gold Rush in Australia.

Gold Rush Stories - Part 47 - Was the Gold Rush a Pro-Immigration Propaganda Campaign? - Historic Newspaper Article Strezlecki found gold but kept it secret

Gold Rush Stories - Part 47 - Was the Gold Rush...

Was Edward Hargreaves really the discoverer of Payable Gold in Australia or was he playing a role in a much larger propaganda campaign to lure immigration to Australia on the...

Gold Rush Stories - Part 47 - Was the Gold Rush...

Was Edward Hargreaves really the discoverer of Payable Gold in Australia or was he playing a role in a much larger propaganda campaign to lure immigration to Australia on the...

tHE cORNISH mINER mEMORIAL sTATUE bENDIGO cENTRAL vICTORIA - gOLD rUSH sTORIES pART 46 - WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CALIFORNIAN AND aUSTRALIAN gOLD rUSHES

Gold Rush Stories Part 46 - What was the Differ...

The 1850s marked by far the greatest period of gold production the world had ever known, with Victoria alone producing a third of the world’s gold. New South Wales contributed...

Gold Rush Stories Part 46 - What was the Differ...

The 1850s marked by far the greatest period of gold production the world had ever known, with Victoria alone producing a third of the world’s gold. New South Wales contributed...

Miners posing on Mine Head near Gulgong in the 1870's GOLD RUSH STORIES - PART 26 - EYE WITNESS ACCOUNT OF LIFE ON THE GOLDFIELDS

Gold Rush Stories - Part 26 - Eye Witness Accou...

The gold field town of Gulgong ballooned to 12,000 people by October 1871 when visiting British author Anthony Trollope remarked: “Gullgong [sic] was certainly a rough place when I visited...

Gold Rush Stories - Part 26 - Eye Witness Accou...

The gold field town of Gulgong ballooned to 12,000 people by October 1871 when visiting British author Anthony Trollope remarked: “Gullgong [sic] was certainly a rough place when I visited...

The Crystal Palace and Historical drawing of the Great Exhibition of 1851 GOLD RUSH STORIES - PART 24 - WHAT WAS THE IMPACT OF THE AGE OF STEAM AND WHAT WAS THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851

Gold Rush Stories - Part 24 - What was the Impa...

Have you ever heard of The Great Exhibition of 1851? What technologies existed at the time of the gold rush? What was the impact of The Age of Steam? The...

Gold Rush Stories - Part 24 - What was the Impa...

Have you ever heard of The Great Exhibition of 1851? What technologies existed at the time of the gold rush? What was the impact of The Age of Steam? The...

Emigration to California flyer advertising passage to the Californian gold fields during the Gold Rush GOLD RUSH STORIES - PART 22 - HOW MAY EMIGRATION TO CALLIFORNIA BE CHECKED?

Gold Rush Stories - Part 22 - How May Emigratio...

In 1848 the Californian Gold Rush sent the world into a frenzy. An exodus of free folk from Australia fled to the gold fields of California.   The small labour...

Gold Rush Stories - Part 22 - How May Emigratio...

In 1848 the Californian Gold Rush sent the world into a frenzy. An exodus of free folk from Australia fled to the gold fields of California.   The small labour...

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