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gold rush
The Gold Rush was significant in the growth of Australia. The Gold Rush started 1851 when gold was found in Bathurst in NSW . This gold was found in areas like rivers and creeks . Because of this many people started to come to Australia . People mainly used spade and dish to find . people mainly found alluvial gold also known as gold flakes -
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end of gold rush
The reason why the gold rush ended because the alluvial gold got mined out in 1893 . because of this many people started rioting and were saying the government and rich people stole all the gold. there many people imprisoned and were even killed because of there actions
