Gold Rush - Behind the News

What year was gold found?
1852
1800
1851
1872
What was the man's name who discovered the gold?
Edwin Harley
Ned Kelly
Mr Lucky
Edward Hargraves
What changed the government's mind about looking for gold? (select more than 1 answer)
They got bored of farming
The California gold rush took away needed workers from Australia
Gold found in California made America rich
They wanted to keep the convicts busy
The first gold deposit was found in Victoria
TRUE
FALSE
After gold in the rivers and creeks was exhausted, where and how did they find more gold?
They brought in metal detectors and found gold in the bush
Diggers mined gold from the earth, using special equipment but it was difficult and dangerous
Diggers used cranes to lift rocks out that had gold in them
They kept looking in rivers using simple equipment because the gold never ran out
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