Gold Rush Stories Series Introduction

GOLD RUSH STORIES

Australian $10 Note featuring Henry Lawson with the Gold Rush town of Gulgong as a backdrop GOLD RUSH STORIES - PART 25 - WHAT MADE GULGONG SO SIGNIFICANT TO THE GOLDRUSH?

Gold Rush Stories - Part 25 - What Made Gulgong...

A montage of goldrush-era Gulgong street scenes was used as a backdrop to the portrait of Lawson on the first Australian ten dollar note. The Lawson family moved to the Gulgong...

Gold Rush Stories - Part 25 - What Made Gulgong...

A montage of goldrush-era Gulgong street scenes was used as a backdrop to the portrait of Lawson on the first Australian ten dollar note. The Lawson family moved to the Gulgong...

Catholic Church and Clock Tower in Mudgee NSW GOLD RUSH STORIES - PART 18 - MUDGEE; CENTRE OF THE GOLDFIELDS

Gold Rush Stories - Part 18 - Mudgee; Centre of...

The NSW gold fields were fairly central to the settlements of Bathurst and Mudgee, the second town settled west of the divide. In 1851, the population of Mudgee was 200....

Gold Rush Stories - Part 18 - Mudgee; Centre of...

The NSW gold fields were fairly central to the settlements of Bathurst and Mudgee, the second town settled west of the divide. In 1851, the population of Mudgee was 200....

Horse and cart bogged on the Main Street of the Gold Rush town of Hill End NSW during the 1870's GOLD RUSH STORIES - PART 14 TO 17 - OLD PHOTOGRAPHS TELL THE STORY OF THE RUSH

Gold Rush Stories - Part 14 To 17 - Old Photogr...

Henry Lawson underestimated the power of the camera when he asked wistfully: "Oh, who would paint a goldfield, and limn the picture right?" He was remembering the Gulgong goldfields of...

Gold Rush Stories - Part 14 To 17 - Old Photogr...

Henry Lawson underestimated the power of the camera when he asked wistfully: "Oh, who would paint a goldfield, and limn the picture right?" He was remembering the Gulgong goldfields of...

Miners Head Group of Miners Posing during the 1870's on the Gulgong Goldfields of the 1870's GOLD RUSH STORIES - PART 13 - DISCOVERY OF THE HOLTERMANN COLLECTION

Gold Rush Stories - Part 13 - Discovery Of The ...

In 1951 one of the most significant discoveries of historical images from Australia’s Gold Rush era was uncovered in a Chatswood garden shed, safely preserved for decades by descendants of...

Gold Rush Stories - Part 13 - Discovery Of The ...

In 1951 one of the most significant discoveries of historical images from Australia’s Gold Rush era was uncovered in a Chatswood garden shed, safely preserved for decades by descendants of...

Meet the Lawsons

Gold Rush Stories - Part 3 - Meet the Lawsons

This series of blogs will attempt to convey the prevailing social climate and historical events of the era that shaped the Lawson’s understanding of the world, and ultimately how history...

Gold Rush Stories - Part 3 - Meet the Lawsons

This series of blogs will attempt to convey the prevailing social climate and historical events of the era that shaped the Lawson’s understanding of the world, and ultimately how history...

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