The Australian gold rushes started in Events January 23 - The flip of a coin determines whether a new city in Oregon is named after Boston, Massachusetts, or Portland, Maine, with Portland winning. March 1 - Victor Hugo gives speech at the French national assembly and uses the phrase United States of Europe several times March 27 - First... 1851 when prospector Edward Hargraves discovered General Name, Symbol, Number Gold, Au, 79 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11 (IB), 6, d Density, Hardness 19300 kg/m3, 2.5 Appearance Metallic yellow Atomic properties Atomic weight 196.96655 amu Atomic radius (calc.) 135 (174) pm Covalent radius 144 pm van der Waals radius 166... gold near Bathurst can refer to several cities in English-speaking countries: Bathurst, New Brunswick (Canada) Bathurst, New South Wales (Australia) Bathurst, South Africa, near Grahamstown on the eastern cape. Other geographical features named Bathurst include: Lake Bathurst (New South Wales) (Australia) Bathurst Harbour (Tasmania) (Australia) This is a disambiguation page —... Bathurst, Motto: Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites (Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine) Other Australian states and territories Capital Sydney Governor HE Professor Marie Bashir Premier Bob Carr (ALP) Area 809,444 km² (5th)  - Land 800,642 km²  - Water 8,802 km² (1.09%) Population (2002)  - Population 6... New South Wales, at a site Hargraves called Ophir is the name of a locality in New South Wales, Australia. Ophir is located near the Macquarie River northeast of the city of Orange. Ophir is the place where gold was first discovered in New South Wales in 1851, leading to the Australian Gold Rush. Ophir was named after... Ophir. Six months after gold was found in Motto: Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites (Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine) Other Australian states and territories Capital Sydney Governor HE Professor Marie Bashir Premier Bob Carr (ALP) Area 809,444 km² (5th)  - Land 800,642 km²  - Water 8,802 km² (1.09%) Population (2002)  - Population 6... New South Wales, it was found in Emperess Victoria of the United Kingdom etc. There have been a large number of places, people and objects named Victoria: This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. If an article link referred you here, you might want... Victoria at Ballarat is a city in rural Victoria, Australia, approximately 120 kilometres north-west of Melbourne, with a population of 84,000 people. The city lies at 441 metres (1,447 feet) above sea level and covers an area of approximately 740 square kilometres. The site of the city was originally... Ballarat, and a short time later at Bendigo is a large regional town in central Victoria, Australia, located in the City of Greater Bendigo. It has about 80,000 people and is the fourth largest town in Victoria after Melbourne, Geelong and Ballarat. The area was originally known as Bendigos Creek, named for an employee on... Bendigo Creek. Gold was also found all over Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is the sixth-largest country in the world, the only one to occupy an entire continent, and the largest in the region of Australasia/ Oceania. It also includes a number of secondary islands, the largest of which is Tasmania, an Australian State. Australia is... Australia, it was discovered in Motto: Cygnis Insignis (Distinguished by its swans) (not included on official coat of arms) Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Governor HE Lieutenant General John Sanderson Premier Dr Geoff Gallop (ALP) Area 2,645,615 km² (1st)  - Land 2,529,875 km²  - Water 115,740 km² (4... Western Australia in the 1850s, in Motto: Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Governor HE Ms Quentin Bryce Premier Peter Beattie (ALP) Area 1,852,642 km² (2st)  - Land 1,730,648 km²  - Water 121,994 km² (6.58%) Population (2003)  - Population 3,796,800 (3rd... Queensland in Events January 19 - Giuseppe Verdis opera Il Trovatore premieres in Rome January 21 - Russell L. Hawes patents the envelope folding machine January 29 - Napoleon III marries the Spanish Countess Eugènie at the Tuileries March 4 – Inauguration of US president Franklin Pierce June 7 - Franklin College of Lancaster... 1853, in the Motto: None Other Australian states and territories Capital Darwin Administrator Ted Egan Chief Minister Clare Martin (ALP) Area 1,420,968 km² (3rd)  - Land 1,349,129 km²  - Water 71,839 km² (5.06%) Population (2002)  - Population 197,700 (8th)  - Density 0.15 /km² (8th) Time... Northern Territory in 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. Events January 31 - American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief. February - The Only known month in History without a Full moon. February 17 - American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina burns as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union... 1865, and at Beaconsfield is a town by the Tamar River, in the north-east of Tasmania, Australia. It lies 40km north of Launceston on the West Tamar Highway, and has a population of 1088 (1991 census). It is part of the Municipality of West Tamar. The town was first settled by William... Beaconsfield, Motto: Ubertas et Fidelitas (Fertility and Faithfulness) Other Australian states and territories Capital Hobart Governor William Cox Premier Paul Lennon (ALP) Area 90,758 km² (7th)  - Land 68,401 km²  - Water 22,357 km² (24.63%) Population (2003)  - Population 478,400 (6th)  - Density 6.92 /km... Tasmania in 1869 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). Events March 1 - North German Confederation issues 10gr and 30gr value stamps, printed on goldbeaters skin May 4 - Naval Battle of Hakodate in Japan. May 10 - Transcontinental Railroad completed at Promontory, Utah. May 15 - Woman... 1869. With the goldrush came a huge influx of Immigration is the act of moving to or settling in another country or region, temporarily or permanently. An immigrant is usually someone who intends to reside permanently, and not a casual visitor or traveler. Immigration means in-migration into a country, and is the reverse of emigration, or out-migration... immigrants, the population increasing threefold from 430,000 in 1851 to 1.7 million in 1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). Events January - April January 18 - The member-states of the North German Confederation unite into a single nation-state known as the German Empire. The King of Prussia is declared the first German Emperor as Wilhelm I of... 1871.

With the gold rush came the construction of the first railways and telegraph line, Multiculturalism or cultural pluralism is a policy, ideal, or reality that emphasizes the unique characteristics of different cultures in the world, especially as they relate to one another in immigrant receiving nations. The word was first used in 1957 to describe Switzerland, but first came into common currency in Canada... multiculturalism and An African-American drinks out of a water fountain marked for colored in 1939 at a street car terminal in Oklahoma City. Racism is the belief that race is the primary determinant of human capacities, that a certain race is inherently superior or inferior to others, and/or that individuals... racism, the The Eureka Flag The Eureka Stockade was a miners revolt in 1854 in Victoria, Australia against the officials supervising the gold-mining region of Ballarat. It is often regarded as being an event of equal significance to Australian history as the storming of the Bastille was to French history or... Eureka Stockade and the end of In law and in history, particularly with reference to the histories of Australia and United Kingdom, the word transportation refers to the deporting of convicted criminals to a penal colony. A sentence of transportation could apply for life or for a specific period of time. The penal system required the... penal transportation to the east coast of Australia.

Reference

• Australian Department of Culture and Recreation. The Australian Gold Rush (http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/goldrush/)