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2. The first Gold coins appeared around 700 BC.

3. The melting point of Gold is 1,064.43°C (1,947.97°F).

4. Gold found in riverbeds and sifted from rushing water is called 'Alluvial Gold'.

5. Gold has been mined for over 5,000 years.

7. Gold is edible; Gold flakes may be added to food and drink.

6. Gold is the most non-reactive of all metals and does not rust.

8. Scientists in Australia have found Gold particles in the leaves of Eucalyptus Trees.

9. On the periodic table of elements, Gold's symbol is AU.

10. A one troy ounce Gold nugget is rarer to find than a five-carat Diamond.

The Eureka Stockade is considered the birthplace of Australian democracy. On December 3, 1854, it was the site of a conflict between gold miners, or diggers, and the government in Ballarat,&nbsp;Victoria. The conflict, also known as the Eureka Rebellion, is the most celebrated uprising in&nbsp;Australian&nbsp;history.

According to Lalor's report,&nbsp;fourteen miners (mostly Irish)&nbsp;died inside the stockade and an additional eight died later from injuries they sustained. A further dozen were wounded but recovered.

Alluvial mining is an old technology, but it’s still fairly common today. Some mining companies use the technique, though it’s more often a source of income for individual laborers in areas like Africa and South America. The equipment includes a&nbsp;sluice-box (left), prospector's pan (middle) and cradle (right).

Shaft mining or shaft sinking is&nbsp;excavating a vertical or near-vertical tunnel from the top down, where there is initially no access to the bottom. Pickaxe and Shovel Pickaxe&nbsp;was used to break apart solid pieces of rock and dirt so it could be placed either straight into a cradle or in the case of shaft mining, in a bucket to be brought up from the shaft mine and then put through the cradle.

Ballarat is the third largest inland city in Australia in terms of population.

The city of Ballarat was established in 1838.

Two Cornish miners found the huge nugget dubbed the Welcome Stranger while prospecting in the gold fields of Victoria, Australia on 5 February 1869. It weighed&nbsp;11 stone (72kg)&nbsp;and was 61cm long (24 inches) when it was found buried just below the surface.

It was at Moliagul on February 5, 1869 — just three-quarters of a century ago to-day — that John Deason unearthed the largest&nbsp;nugget&nbsp;of gold&nbsp;found&nbsp;in the world, — the Welcome&nbsp;Stranger.

It was&nbsp;found&nbsp;in 1858 at the diggings of Ballarat, Victoria. The proprietors of a "hole" went away to lunch, leaving a hired man digging with a pickaxe. After the pick struck something, the workman dug around it to see what it was, then he fainted.

Last night a suspicious fire was lit at popular pub,Eureka Hotel. The police suspect the miners had something to do with it, the blaze at 10:00PM last night the miners marched to the hotel with their flaming torches “Hang James Bentley!”

The person who drew this witnessed the event last night . It depicts blazing sparks and the brightening fire with the angry miners and the panicking locals. The police turned out in numbers to try and stop the madness.

One of the miners wanted to remain anonymous said “We are angry at James Bentley because he has murdered an innocent man and hasn’t been bought to justice.” The aftermath has left people shocked at the velocity of the fire that burnt the hotel to the ground. Jeremy Jacobs who lives next door to the hotel had this to say, “I thought I had smelt smoke until I looked out the window and saw people fleeing the hotel as it started to crumble.”

Local police station head officer Mark Kesterson said “This is outrageous, I didn’t think they were planning on something like this, we didn’t know about this until we got a call from the owner of the hotel shouting there is a huge raid from the miners heading to the hotel.

Jeremy Jacobs explained “I thought the police will be able to stop the miners before they were able to start the fire but the police failed, the fire started to spread rapidly, I was scared to even get involved.”

An x-convict from Tasmania, James Bentley was the owner of the Eureka Hotel in 1854.

The police rushed to the hotel but when they arrived the hotel was already burnt to a crisp. “I’ve been around since this hotel was up and running and I just watched tumble to bits.”

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On may 22nd the government of NSW announced the find of the gold

There were a lot of discrimination against the China miners

The first piece of gold was found by James W Marshial

Edward Hargraves had help from an inkeepers son Named John Lister and brothers William and James Tom.

The miners who arrived at the fields were called the 49ers

The way to get to California was dangerous

The people who sold the tools got richer than others can even get

There was a town called boom town where every body went to get gold there

1. was the eldest son of eight children to John 'Red' Kelly and Ellen Quinn 2. as a child, saved another boy from drowning – the boy's family awarded him a green silk sash in recognition of his bravery

3. In 1855, Ned Kelly was born to John ‘Red’ Kelly and Ellen Quinn in the town of Beveridge, Victoria.

4. At 14 years old Ned Kelly’s life of crime began when he was arrested for six months allegedly assaulting a Chinese man. The following year he was arrested again, this time because the police suspected he was the accomplice of a prominent bushranger. However, both charges were dismissed.

At the beginning of or gold rush theme day at school, the teachers gave out our licences the whole class was very excited to find gold. Minutes later we were told to wonder around the school and get ideas for when the time comes to hunt. Jacob,Louie and I spotted a pile of gold in a muddy puddle and I instantly grabbed a handful, all though my hand was stinky for the rest of the day. Towards the end of the day we all got a bit silly and started stealing each others gold and licenses.

Ned Kelly’s last words were such as life