New South Wales gold rush
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New South Wales experienced the first gold rush in Australia, a period generally accepted to lie between 1851 and 1880. This period in the history of New South Wales resulted in a rapid growth in the
Holtermann with 235 kg gold specimen from Hill End, NSW
Gulgong Goldfield, New South Wales, 1872–1873, attributed to Henry Beaufoy Merlin
Bernhardt Holtermann (2nd from left), Richard Ormsby Kerr (centre) and Beyers (2nd from right), with reef gold from Star of Hope mine, 1872, attributed Henry Beaufoy Merlin
In the latter part of the nineteenth century, discoveries of gold at a number of locations in Western Australia caused large influxes of prospectors from overseas and interstate, and classic gold rush
Western Australian population growth between 1880 and 1897
Members of 1887 syndicate that found gold in Yilgarn region; pictured at centre are Ted Payne (found the first specs), William Lawrence Senior (had a rock that triggered the expedition), and Richard Greaves (who found the reef)