Australian gold rushes The specimens have been subjected to the most rigid test by Mr Patterson, in the presence of other competent parties, and he pronounced them to be beyond any possibility of doubt pure gold...The particulars of the precise location, with Esmond's consent, was published in the "Geelong Advertiser" on 22 July 1851. Publication of Esmond's find started the first official gold rush in Victoria in that same month. By 1 August between 300 and 400 diggers were encamped on the Clunes Goldfield, but soon moved to other fields as news of other gold discoveries spread. Esmond was in 1854 to receive
Gold Rush (web series) Gold Rush (web series) Gold Rush is an American reality competition web series created by Mark Burnett, designed and programmed by VPI.Net and hosted by Mark Steines, that was released on AOL in 2006. The format was of an internet scavenger hunt that is offering chances to win $US50,000, $100,000 and $1,000,000. In a November 2006 interview, Burnett discussed creating a second round of "Gold Rush", but it did not come to fruition. "Gold Rush" consisted of 13 rounds of game play. In order to qualify for a chance to win, participants had to correctly complete a series of tasks