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First Gold Rush in New South Wales Recalled
An article recalls the 1851 first gold discovery at Summerhill Creek near Orange and the rush from Sydney. It notes Hargraves and Lister, overland journeys to Bathurst, license regulations, high wages, and the canvas camps as diggers sought fortune in a transforming NSW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orp Trunx
Coradgory
New South Wales
Ape
Victoria
Port Phillip
Tasmania
Buda
California
Edward H. Hargraves
New
el Dorado
John Lister
Summerhill Creek
Ophir
Orange Fapoate
Summerhill
Roach
Bluey
Sydney
Mt. Victoria
Bathurst
Orange
Orking Wen
Hardy
Messrs. Agnew
Church of England
Chapman
Wesleyan
Molony
Cowra
Carcoar
Orange District
Wade