Goldfields + Chinese

Discovery gold in 1850

Vic goldfields = richest in world, gold replace wool as principle export.

Arrival of large num people → dispossession of aborg land

Impacts:
people leave reg job in cities
growing tension between diff cultures + nationalites
abuse of power + authority

Gold discovery NSW

Firstly, gold = first find 1839. Gov Gipps = ordered to be secret as he fear revolt

1851 = Edward Hargraves discover gold. Didn’t keep secret
-California goldrush = people leave NSW ↓ pastoral industry
-Gold could grow colony fortunes

People leave Sydney + Victoria for goldfields.

Rewards = offered for anyone who find gold 320 km of Melb

Discover gold in Vic

James Esmond found gold 1851
4 months later = Castlemaine, Ballarat, Bendigo

Vic goldfield = better
-richer
-160km from Melbourne

Impact
- Hundreds peeps migrate to Victoria
- Farms + shops + office close cus ↓ workforce. Economy ↓ gov = loose income

Life on goldfields

Most people = poor
Many = no find gold + return to old jobs
Journey to goldfield = very difficult
-no road , muddy
-equip = transport on wheelbarrow
-heat, difficult creek crossing, high cost of repairing breakdown

Many miner = no idea what they were doing
-arrived w/o belongings, no prepared for permanent settlement