Victorian gold rush in the Melbourne "Argus" on 8 September 1851, leading to a rush to the Mount Alexander or Forest Creek diggings, centred on present-day Castlemaine, claimed as the richest shallow alluvial goldfield in the world. These discoveries were soon surpassed by Ballarat and Bendigo. Further discoveries including Beechworth in 1852, Bright, Omeo, Chiltern (1858–59) and Walhalla followed. The population of Melbourne grew swiftly as the gold fever took hold. The total number of people in Victoria also rose. By 1851 it was 75,000 people. Ten years later this rose to over 500,000. Surface alluvial gold was the first to be exploited.
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