The Australian gold rushes began with the discovery of gold in New South Wales in 1851. The gold rushes transformed the colonies and were a defining era of Australian history.
The long history of Chinese migration to Australia dates from the early 19th century. In the 1850s tens of thousands of Chinese people arrived to provide a source of cheap labour as workers in the goldfields. After the gold rushes, many Chinese miners returned home to their families in China...
Other Famous Gold Rushes Australian gold rushes(began 1851) Cariboo Gold Rush(1860–63) Klondike Gold Rush (1896–99) Travel across the United States with gold miners to explore the dynamics of the California Gold RushFind out how the California Gold Rush started and how it quickly took hold...
Other Famous Gold Rushes Australian gold rushes(began 1851) Cariboo Gold Rush(1860–63) Klondike Gold Rush (1896–99) Travel across the United States with gold miners to explore the dynamics of the California Gold RushFind out how the California Gold Rush started and how it quickly took hold...
Those settlements that lacked other viable economic activities soon became ghost towns after the gold was exhausted. The California Gold Rush peaked in 1852, and by the end of the decade, it was over. Other Famous Gold Rushes Australian gold rushes (began 1851) Cariboo Gold Rush (1860–63) ...
In the mid-1840s the nascent economy was depressed until the Australian gold rushes of the 1850s offered a market for foodstuffs to the New Zealand farmer, settler and Māori alike. By the end of the 1840s ethnic and economic trouble had given way to political agitation. The leading ...
In the mid-1840s the nascent economy was depressed until the Australian gold rushes of the 1850s offered a market for foodstuffs to the New Zealand farmer, settler and Māori alike. By the end of the 1840s ethnic and economic trouble had given way to political agitation. The leading ...