The Gold Discovery
The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 31 May 1851 · page 2
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald
"HUMAN natur," says Sam Slick, "is human natur, and this holds good in Australia as well as other parts of the world. If any man makes a discovery. or invents a machine which is likely to be productive of good to the whole family of man, some envious…
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Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 31 May 1851 · page 1
If it wore possiblo that a human hoing could be elevated to porno given point in tho atmosphere, from which he could command a bird's evie view of tho Ophir diggings, from all we can…
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Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 31 May 1851 · page 1
For the bonefit of the adventurous, we extrat the following "Practical Directions," from the clover little, pamphlet of Mr S. Rutter referred to in our last issue:—…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 May 1851 · page 4
WE yesterday pointed out, what indeed is sufficiently obvious to every reflecting mind, that the first thing which gold will do for us in England will be to secure…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →IMPROMPTU, On the Gold-digging Epidemic now raging in New South Wales
Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 31 May 1851 · page 4
It's off to the diggins we'll so, Whether thoy'll lot us or no; We'll scramble for gold Through wet, dirt, and cold,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Empire. Sydney, Saturday, May 31, 1851. the Gold Discovery in New South Wales
Empire · Saturday 31 May 1851 · page 2
WE have compiled the following outline of the history of the Gold Discovery in New South Wales up to the present date, for the purpose of transmission to Europe by…
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Empire · Monday 2 June 1851 · page 2
IN our Second Edition of Saturday's publication, we alluded to a lotter received from Mr. C. C. Forbos, a respectable Bathurst storekeeper. This lotter was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. Gold Discovery. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 June 1851 · page 3
GENTLEMEN,âI did not intend to write a syllable in reply to the statement of Mr. Hargraves, of whom, as I know him not, I had certainly no necessity to make mention in my…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 June 1851 · page 3
GENTLEMEN,—If the present mania for gold continues to exist for any time, this town will be literally drained of its population. Every hour some person may be seen sound[?]g the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The S[?] Morning Herald. Monday, June 2, 1851. "Sworn io no Master, of no Seel am I." the Gold Field
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 June 1851 · page 2
WE had no particular news from the gold field by the last mail. The cold weather was beginning to cause sickness, and many persons were leaving the mining…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 June 1851 · page 2
MESSRS. OAKES and Byrnes, M.C's., returned from the gold fields on the evening of Thursday last, and the next morning the following requisition was sent to them:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Production of Gold. by Francis Forbes, Esa., SYDNEY, 1849. [NOTE.—These pages were written before the news arrived of the discovery of gold in California.] '
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 June 1851 · page 3
THE suspension of cash payments in 1797, was a measure of incomparably more importance than any financial step of the past or present century; and—when taken in conjunction with…
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Empire · Wednesday 4 June 1851 · page 2
WE publish the postscript in the Second Edition of our last number. TUESDAY MORNING, Half-past 11 o'clock…
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The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Wednesday 4 June 1851 · page 3
On Saturday last, 24th May, the town was all bustle with Sydney merchants equipages, and gold diggers. Some of the latter having been more successful than their neighbours, had come into town to turn their gold into negotiable money. Many parcels changed hands…
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The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Wednesday 4 June 1851 · page 2
THE intelligence received from the Ophir Diggings by the last mail is not of so charming a description as that received last week; but it is hardly to be expected that the extraordinary amount of gold…
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The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Wednesday 4 June 1851 · page 3
on Tuesday, that a large piece of gold had been brought to Mr. Lesley's, the chemist to be tested, and that it had been found in a creek in the immediate neighbourhood. We immediately went to…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 June 1851 · page 2
IN answer to this question, we have shown that by its operations in the mother country, the grand discovery of our auriferous wealth will be the means…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 June 1851 · page 3
THERE is a tendency in all things sublunary possessing life, activity or volition, to flow on in an even channel, and it could no more be expected that the golden excitement, if…
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Empire · Thursday 5 June 1851 · page 2
It is probable that the news from the Gold District this morning will be of an important and decisive nature, We shall publish a Second Edition at half-pas [?]haven o''clock,…
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