1851 in Australia 1851 in Australia 1851 in Australia was a watershed year. It saw the start of the Australian gold rushes with significant gold discoveries in both New South Wales (near Bathurst) in February and Victoria in July. As a result of the Gold Rushes, the European population of Victoria increased from 97,489 in 1851 to 538,628 in 1861 and the population of NSW increased from 197,265 in 1851 to 350,860 in 1861. Victoria became a self-governing colony. Sentiment in the eastern Australian colonies moved decisively against penal transportation leading to the end of transportation to Tasmania in 1853. Melbourne's major suburb/satellite
Gold (Rush album) Gold (Rush album) Gold is a compilation album by Canadian rock band Rush, released on April 25, 2006. The Gold compilation is a repackaging of the two 1997 Rush compilation albums "Retrospective I" and "Retrospective II", with the exception of the third track of "Retrospective I" "Something for Nothing," which has been removed and replaced by "Working Man" (last track, #14) on the first disc. Tracks 13 & 14 from "Rush" (1974)Tracks 6, 7 & 12 from "Fly by Night" (1975)Track 5 from "Caress of Steel" (1975)Tracks 9 & 10 from "2112" (1976)Tracks 4 & 8 from "A Farewell to