Gold Rush Stories Series Introduction

GOLD RUSH STORIES

Gold Rush Stories - The Welcome Stranger - The World's Largest Gold Nugget - Moliagul Victoria

Gold Rush Stories - The Welcome Stranger - The ...

What is the largest gold nugget ever found and where was it discovered? How much did the largest gold nugget ever found weigh?  How much was the largest gold nugget...

Gold Rush Stories - The Welcome Stranger - The ...

What is the largest gold nugget ever found and where was it discovered? How much did the largest gold nugget ever found weigh?  How much was the largest gold nugget...

GOLD RUSH STORIES - PART 50 - Calling out Hargreaves - Edward Hargreaves

Gold Rush Stories - Part 50 - Calling Out Hargr...

Countless letters to the editors of numerous publications during the initial days of the rush of 1851 dispute Hargreaves as the initial discoverer, questioning his claim to the reward offered...

Gold Rush Stories - Part 50 - Calling Out Hargr...

Countless letters to the editors of numerous publications during the initial days of the rush of 1851 dispute Hargreaves as the initial discoverer, questioning his claim to the reward offered...

Gold Rush Stories - Part 49 - Reporting the Gold Discovery in the Press

Gold Rush Stories - Part 49 - Reporting the Gol...

The press announces the discovery of Payable Gold, starting the Gold Rush in Australia.

Gold Rush Stories - Part 49 - Reporting the Gol...

The press announces the discovery of Payable Gold, starting the Gold Rush in Australia.

Gold Rush Stories - Part 48 - The Gold Medal - Who was First to Discover Gold?

Gold Rush Stories - Part 48 - The Gold Medal - ...

If the pastoral industry was Australia’s first born, then Gold was its second born. People tend to associate 'The Gold Rush' with California and the Klondike, but as a matter...

Gold Rush Stories - Part 48 - The Gold Medal - ...

If the pastoral industry was Australia’s first born, then Gold was its second born. People tend to associate 'The Gold Rush' with California and the Klondike, but as a matter...

Gold Rush Stories - Part 47 - Was the Gold Rush a Pro-Immigration Propaganda Campaign? - Historic Newspaper Article Strezlecki found gold but kept it secret

Gold Rush Stories - Part 47 - Was the Gold Rush...

Was Edward Hargreaves really the discoverer of Payable Gold in Australia or was he playing a role in a much larger propaganda campaign to lure immigration to Australia on the...

Gold Rush Stories - Part 47 - Was the Gold Rush...

Was Edward Hargreaves really the discoverer of Payable Gold in Australia or was he playing a role in a much larger propaganda campaign to lure immigration to Australia on the...

tHE cORNISH mINER mEMORIAL sTATUE bENDIGO cENTRAL vICTORIA - gOLD rUSH sTORIES pART 46 - WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CALIFORNIAN AND aUSTRALIAN gOLD rUSHES

Gold Rush Stories Part 46 - What was the Differ...

The 1850s marked by far the greatest period of gold production the world had ever known, with Victoria alone producing a third of the world’s gold. New South Wales contributed...

Gold Rush Stories Part 46 - What was the Differ...

The 1850s marked by far the greatest period of gold production the world had ever known, with Victoria alone producing a third of the world’s gold. New South Wales contributed...

Tree of Life Collection

One of the many magical sunsets captured in outback Queensland whilst on the Daintree to the Desert tour.

After a long day driving through stifling heat, we pulled the caravan up for the night into a simple roadside overnighter, just off the Matilda Hwy somewhere between Blackall and nowhere. 

A drought stricken dustbowl devoid of life, other than a few Mulgas clinging to life.

As the sun sank slowly in the west I set my cameras up towards the horizon focused on the character of a dead solitary tree, in the centre of this unlikely oasis.