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 a Pro-Immigration Propaganda Campaign?

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Edward Hargraves, gold rush publicist, ca. 1880-1884 photographer Henry King
Edward Hargraves, gold rush publicist, ca. 1880-1884  photographer Henry King

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 back of the Gold Rush? 

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A polymathic touring musician, film maker, historian and producer, for the past 8 years Kieran Wicks has navigated the Great Southern Land of Australia performing hundreds of shows to ravenous audiences, whilst simultaneously developing a vast catalogue of interviews, images and videos in the production of multiple formative docuseries including 'One Town at a Time', which records his musical journey, immersed in poignant, forgotten Australian history and poetry, in archives such as 'Gold Rush Stories' and 'Poetry of the Pioneers'.

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