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Can you 'strike gold' and make your fortune.
Mine for gold and find out what life was really like on the gold fields.
Take a look at a timeline of the Australian gold rush or have fun exploring an interactive map of the goldfields.
Find out how the Australian gold rush impacted the towns, people, immigrants and population of Australia
View videos containing documented words from people involved in the Eureka Stockade. Understand how this uprising changed the face of Australia.
Aboriginal Australians played a pivitol role during the gold rush. Find out more about their contributions.
Get to know some of the famous bushrangers of the gold rush era and read about their crimes.
GOLD RUSH
Australia
SINCE 1823
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