Australian gold rushes a £1,000 reward as "the first actual producer of alluvial gold for the market". The following goldfields were discovered in New South Wales during July 1851: On 20 July 1851 gold was found near present-day Castlemaine, Victoria (Mt Alexander Goldfields) at Specimen Gully in today's Castlemaine suburb of Barkers Creek. The gold was first found by Christopher Thomas Peters, a shepherd and hut-keeper on the Barker's Creek, in the service of William Barker. When the gold was shown in the men's quarters Peters was ridiculed for finding fool's gold, and the gold was thrown away. Barker did not want his
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