britain was the majority of people who came to australia for the gold rush.
britain was the majority of people who came to australia for the gold rush.
who were the majority of people who came to australia for the gold rush?
britain
bullet::::- 1896–1899: the klondike gold rush. in august, 1896, george carmack, kate carmack, keish, dawson charlie and patsy henderson, members of a tagish first nations family group, discovered rich placer gold deposits in bonanza (rabbit) creek, yukon, canada. soon a massive movement of people, goods and money started moving towards the klondike, yukon region and the nearby district of alaska. men from all walks of life headed for the yukon from as far away as new york, south africa, the united kingdom of great britain and ireland, and australia. surprisingly, a large proportion were professionals, such as teachers and doctors, even a mayor or two, who gave up respectable careers to make the journey. for instance, the residents of camp skagway number one included: william howard taft, who went on to become a u.s. president; frederick russell burnham, the celebrated american scout who arrived from africa only to be called back to take part in the second boer war; and w. w. white, author and explorer. most were perfectly aware of their chance of finding significant amounts of gold were slim to none, and went for the adventure. as many as half of those who reached dawson city kept right on going without doing any prospecting at all. thus, by bringing large numbers of entrepreneurial adventurers to the region, the gold rush significantly contributed to the economic development of western canada, alaska, and the pacific northwest. new cities were created as a result of the gold rush, including among others dawson city, fairbanks, alaska, and anchorage, alaska. the heyday of the individual prospector and the rush towards the north ended by 1899. exploitation of the area by "big mining companies with their mechanical dredges" would last well into the 20th century.
1890s
bullet::::- leech river, leechtown gold rush, vancouver island (1864–65)









































bullet::::- west coast gold rush, south island, new zealand (1864–67)









































bullet::::- big bend gold rush, british columbia (1865—66)









































bullet::::- francistown gold rush, british protectorate of bechuanaland (1867)









































bullet::::- omineca gold rush, british columbia (1869)









































bullet::::- wild horse creek gold rush, british columbia (1860s),









































bullet::::- eastern oregon gold rush (1860s–1870s)









































bullet::::- kildonan gold rush, sutherland, scotland (1869)









































section::::notable gold rushes by date.:rushes of the 1870s.









































bullet::::- lapland gold rush, finland, 1870









































bullet::::- cassiar gold rush, british columbia, 1871









































bullet::::- palmer river gold rush, palmer river, queensland, australia (1872)
gold rush