gold discoveries

<p>A Street in Sofala, 1900</p>

Sofala

Located on the Turon River just north of Bathurst, Sofala was established as a township ... continue

<p>Australia is founded on January 26th, 1788</p>

A brief history of ...

The land and its first inhabitants have been here for hundreds of thousands of years ... continue

<p>Junee Swimming Pool, 1930s</p>

Junee

Originally established as a cattle station named Jewnee Run, Junee takes its name from a ... continue

<p>Loading wheat at "Greenlands", Alectown, 1920s</p>

Alectown

The tiny rural community Alectown in the Central Western plains of New South Wales was ... continue

<p>Gold miners at the mouth of their mine in Hill End, 1870s</p>

Hill End

With reports of payable gold discoveries in 1851 and 1852, this land west of the ... continue

The beach at Batemans Bay

Batemans Bay

Traditionally the land of the Yuin Aboriginal people, the south coast town of Batemans Bay ... continue

<p>Panning for gold in Summer Hill Creek, Ophir</p>

Ophir

Ophir,&nbsp;&nbsp;just north of Orange, was originally inhabited by the Wiradjuri Aboriginal people ... continue

Joseph Jehoshaphat Harpur

HARPUR, JOSEPH JEHOSHAPHAT (1810-1878), journalist and member of parliament, elder brother of Charles, was also ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

Hamilton Charnock Mott

MOTT, HAMILTON CHARNOCK (1871-1963), newspaper proprietor, was born on 1 June 1871 at Hamilton, Victoria ... continue

Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

94/188/2 Book, Hargraves, Edward ...

Edward Hargraves (1816-1891) claimed to be the first to discover gold in Australia when, on ... continue

Source: Powerhouse Museum