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The New Aladdins Cave Discovery of Australian Gold
A dramatic account tracing gold discovery in Australia from early rumors to Edward Hargraves and the 1851 Bend of Lewis Ponds Creek. The piece covers Hargraves’ California-inspired search, his first gold find, official rewards, and competing claims while noting earlier whispers of gold and the pull of public fortune. The narrative cites figures like Mr. Thomson, Sir Roderick Murchison, and colonial officials, detailing the emotional moment and the subsequent mythmaking around Australia’s gold rush origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apell
Mata
Hns Thomson
Sydney
Yun
Hargraves
Citer
Australia
Sas
Rae
Omysterians
Nimeet
Amd
Hatty
Australan
Toon
Clare
California
Australy
Teas Thomson
Feneuary
Deas Thosson
Tess
Wetaria
Thoms
Victoria
Galitfields
Australis
Nately
Winsett
Thomson
Stutchbury
New South Wales
Mr. Stutchbury
Harcraves
Stutehbury
Wargraves
Bathurst
Austra
Himan
Blue Mountains
Mathurst
Il Guyong
Lewis Ponds Creek
Macquarie
Iere Hargraves
Reflecton
British Museum
Don Quixote
Sancho
Australien
Bart Jackson
Wittie Failit
W. B. Chalke
Clarke
Roderick Murchison
Anatraus
Ural Mountains
Australa
Count Stretteck
Sibert
Murchison
Cornwall