This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Dramatic tale of gold discovery in early Australia era
A long narrative traces the gold rush origins from 1839 Hargraves to early discoveries in NSW Victoria and beyond. It notes Hargraves faith and others who aided or doubted him, the first gold samples at Turon and Bathurst, and the flood of finds across Victoria. It mentions Clunes Buninyong Mount Alexander and rapid field development as tens of thousands chased wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Streziecki
Fipps
Cis
St Gipps
Sitda
W. T. Smith
Sydney
Melbourne
Campbell
Strathtoddon
Votorla
Clines
Mary
Hargraves
Australia
California
Romrade
Simpson Davison
Mare
Callifornia
Hares & Man
Dav’ Bon
America
Austral
Hargray
Davison
Mr. Hargraves
Deriston
Wimstab
E Goldteds
Deas Thomson
Mr. Clarke
Hargeaves
Turon
Bereromble
Murpidgve
Metro Creek
Kerr
Bathurst
New South Wales
South Australia
Tasmania
New Zealand
Victoria
Sol
Legislative
Gounel
Clunes
Buninyong
Paderson’s Creek
Mount Alexander Bough
Gayeroe Latrobe
Greyhat
Mount Almonte
Edtentabad
Thad Bei Wiltits