Victorian gold rush resuming in both of the major fields of Bendigo and Ballarat. Exploration also proceeds elsewhere, for example, in Glen Wills, an isolated mountain area near Mitta Mitta in north-eastern Victoria. Victorian gold rush The Victorian gold rush was a period in the history of Victoria, Australia approximately between 1851 and the late 1860s. It led to a period of extreme prosperity for the Australian colony, and an influx of population growth and financial capital for Melbourne, which was dubbed "Marvellous Melbourne" as a result of the procurement of wealth. The Victorian Gold Discovery Committee wrote in 1854: For a number
Gold Rush Daze gold found in the hills, to which the attendant steals the prospector's car to get back in on the gold rush and hands the prospector the gas station. Included in the film is a short, farcical musical number, “My Sweetheart Needs Gold for Her Teeth." Gold Rush Daze Gold Rush Daze is a 1938 Merrie Melodies cartoon released on February 25, 1939. A prospector drives to the hills to dig for gold. A local gas station attendant goes on to explain that the prospector is wasting his time: since 1849, he had been chasing gold strikes around the world and