gold frenzy in NSW, offered a reward of 200 for any gold found within 200 miles of Melbourne. In 1851, six months after the New South Wales find , gold was discovered at Ballarat, and a short time later at Bendigo Greek.
4. In 1852 alone, 370000 immigrants arrived in Australia and the economy of the nation boomed. The ‘rush’ was well and truly on Victoria contributed more than one third of the world’s gold output in the 1850s and in Just two years the state's population had grown from 77000 to…
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