Australian gold rushes Australian gold rushes During the Australian gold rushes, significant numbers of workers (both from other areas within Australia and from overseas) relocated to areas in which gold had been discovered. A number of gold finds occurred in Australia prior to 1851, but only the gold found from 1851 onwards created gold rushes. This is mainly because, prior to 1851, the colonial government of New South Wales (Victoria did not become a separate colony until 1 July 1851) had suppressed news of gold finds which it believed would reduce the workforce and destabilise the economy. After the California Gold Rush began
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