Why did the Australian gold rush end?

Answer 1

There are many ways in which the gold rush in Australia shaped the country.

One of the ways it shaped Australian history was through Immigration. The goldrush brought a large number of immigrants to Australia, all of whom contributed their own cultural influences. It was the beginning of multiculturalism in Australia. The Chinese in particular converged on Australia, and resentment against the Asian nationalities was a contributing factor to the introduction of the White Australia Policy in the twentieth century. Enormous numbers of immigrants, especially Chinese, brought their unique cultural influences to Australia, and many of the Chinese stayed on to build businesses in the towns once the main gold deposits were mined out.

There were huge increases in the population. In 1851, Australia's population was 437,655. By the end of the gold rush, 1861, Australia's population had more than doubled and Victoria's, the site of the gold rush, had increased seven-fold. After the goldrush, many of the new towns shrank to just a fraction of their former size, resulting in ghost towns in many areas.

The wealth of the newly-formed state of Victoria caused rivalry with New South Wales, and indirectly led to the most tragic of explorations - that of Burke and Wills. The Victorian government, fired up with zeal, confidence and wealth, commissioned an enormous exploration party that was doomed to failure by its hasty preparation, interesting choice of leader, and the Victorian desire to be the first to cross Australia from south to north. These factors all had a part in the failure of the expedition and the deaths of Burke and Wills.

There was a new boom of Victorian architecture in cities such as Melbourne, and the richness of this architecture can still be seen today. Unfortunately, the bust that inevitably follows a boom contributed to the general deflation of prices from 1860-1900 which caused multiple depressions in Australia's economy.

There was a huge influx of people to the Victorian goldfields, but businessmen, tradesmen, labourers - the very backbone of Australia - together with many of the state's own administrators, abandoned their work. This threatened the state's infrastructure and administration: vital jobs had no-one to do them. Nonetheless, the newfound wealth meant that Britain no longer had any reason to withhold self-government. New rules, policies and legislation were implemented, giving Australia more of an understanding of how to draft future legislation and, indeed, its own constitution.

Because of the rivalry between Victoria and NSW, a new site was chosen for the Australian capital. Canberra lies where it is today because of this very rivalry brought on by the goldrush. Of course, there quite possibly wouldn't have been the need for a capital city were it not for the goldrush: Australia now had the confidence to "go it alone" - to break free from 'Mother Britain" and aim for independence, which it achieved with the federation of the states in 1901.

The goldrushes helped bring improvements in transportation. The famous "Cobb and Co Coaches" ran successfully for half a century, thanks to the goldrush. Train lines were built, linking the major centres, and roadways were improved.

Another way in which the gold rush shaped history was in the development of democracy. The Eureka Stockade was the 1854 miners' uprising on the goldfields of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Conditions on the Australian goldfields were harsh. The main source of discontent was the miner's licence, which cost a monthly fee of 30 shillings and permitted the holder to work a 3.6 metre square "claim". Licences had to be paid regardless of whether a digger's claim resulted in the finding of any gold. Frequent licence hunts, during which the miners were ordered to produce proof of their licences, added to the increasing unrest. Previous delegations for miners' rights had met with inaction from the Victorian government, so on 29 November 1854, the miners burned their licences in a mass display of resistance against the laws which controlled the miners. Following a massive licence hunt on November 30, Irish immigrant Peter Lalor was elected to lead the rebellion.

On December 1, the miners began to construct a wooden barricade, a stockade from which they planned to defend themselves against further licence arrests or other incursions by the authorities. At 3:00am on Sunday, 3 December 1854, 276 police and military personnel and several civilians stormed the stockade. It remains unclear which side fired first, but in the ensuing battle, 22 diggers and 5 troopers died.

Although the rebellion itself failed in its objective, it gained the attention of the Government. A Commission of Enquiry was conducted and changes were implemented. These included abolition of monthly gold licences, replaced by an affordable annual miner's licence. The numbers of troopers were reduced significantly, and Legislative Council was expanded to allow representation to the major goldfields. Peter Lalor and another representative, John Basson Humffray, were elected for Ballarat. Later, Lalor was elected Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Victoria. For these reasons, the Eureka Stockade is regarded by many as the birthplace of Australian Democracy.

Answer 2

The goldrush continued throughout the country in different places, where different strikes occurred, for many decades. The last Australian gold rush was in Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, in the 1930s.
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Answer 3

The Australian gold rush ended because the alluvial gold, that is, the gold which was able to be reached easily, was mined out. Alluvial gold sat on the surface and was easy for prospectors to find.

Once the "easy pickings" ran out, only large companies had the equipment to dig down deep to where the reef gold was. There is still much more gold in Australia, but by early in the twentieth century, most of it could only be reached by heavy industrial mining equipment. This is the primary method of gold extraction in Australia today. This answer is incorrect The Truth In Victoria 1914 a Order in Council was handed down by George Frederick Ernest Albert AKA King George the fifth. Making it illegal to prospect or fossick for minerals on most crown land and throughout almost all rivers, creeks, channels, lakes, swamps, and tributaries. And this Order in Council still stands today and governs your prospecting and fossicking rights. And can be seen on the energy and earth resources website under Miner's Rights- Most commonly asked Questions. About Half way down the page. The government and commonwealth bank had also removed the gold sovereign from circulation and had replaced it with the Australian pound. By replacing the gold in Australian banks with notes and private bank holdings of gold expropriated then the prohibition on gold exports in 1915 and a major distraction to the Australian citizens (World War 1) it effectively suspending the gold standard. Making gold worthless. Australia did not return to the gold standard again until 1925 when the ban on exporting gold was lifted.

Answer 4

Naturally, the population increased by hundreds of thousands.

Prior to the official announcement of the discovery of gold in 1851, Australia's population, excluding the indigenous people, was an estimated 77,000. Within two years, it had increased to over 540,000.

Answer 5

There are many ways in which the gold rush impacted the development of Australia.

Even before there was a goldrush in Australia, the colonies were affected. When gold was found in California prior to the Australian discoveries, there was a huge exodus of manpower from the continent, as people sought to make their fortune on the goldfields of North America. The government needed to ofer incentives to keep workers in ustralia, so huge rewards were offered, firstly in New South Wales and then in Victoria, for the first person to find payable gold.

Once payable gold was discovered and the goldrush started in Australia, one of the ways it impacted the development of Australia was through immigration. The goldrush brought a large number of immigrants to Australia, all of whom contributed their own cultural influences. It was the beginning of multiculturalism in Australia. The Chinese in particular converged on Australia, and resentment against the Asian nationalities was a contributing factor to the introduction of the White Australia Policy in the twentieth century. Enormous numbers of immigrants, especially Chinese, brought their unique cultural influences to Australia, and many of the Chinese stayed on to build businesses in the towns once the main gold deposits were mined out. The racism that became rife during the goldrush years is a racism that has never really left Australian culture. it was also a catalyst to the White Australia Policy which was legislated at Feeration in 1901.

There were huge increases in the population. In 1851, Australia's population was 437,655. By the end of the initial gold rush, 1861, Australia's population had more than doubled and Victoria's, the site of the gold rush, had increased seven-fold. After the goldrush, many of the new towns shrank to just a fraction of their former size, resulting in ghost towns in many areas. Other towns began to serve the agricultural community, leading to a new wealthy era based in agriculture.

The wealth of the newly-formed state of Victoria caused rivalry with New South Wales, and indirectly led to the most tragic of explorations - that of Burke and Wills. The Victorian government, fired up with zeal, confidence and wealth, commissioned an enormous exploration party that was doomed to failure by its hasty preparation, interesting choice of leader, and the Victorian desire to be the first to cross Australia from south to north. These factors all had a part in the failure of the expedition and the deaths of Burke and Wills.

There was a new boom of Victorian architecture in cities such as Melbourne, and the richness of this architecture can still be seen today. Unfortunately, the bust that inevitably follows a boom contributed to the general deflation of prices from 1860-1900 which caused multiple depressions in Australia's economy.

There was a huge influx of people to the Victorian goldfields, but businessmen, tradesmen, labourers - the very backbone of Australia - together with many of the state's own administrators, abandoned their work. This threatened the state's infrastructure and administration: vital jobs had no-one to do them. Nonetheless, the newfound wealth meant that Britain no longer had any reason to withhold self-government. New rules, policies and legislation were implemented, giving Australia more of an understanding of how to draft future legislation and, indeed, its own constitution.

Because of the rivalry between Victoria and NSW, a new site was chosen for the Australian capital. Canberra lies where it is today because of this very rivalry brought on by the goldrush. Of course, there quite possibly wouldn't have been the need for a capital city were it not for the goldrush: Australia now had the confidence to "go it alone" - to break free from 'Mother Britain" and aim for independence, which it achieved with the federation of the states in 1901.

The goldrushes helped bring improvements in transportation. The famous "Cobb and Co Coaches" ran successfully for half a century, thanks to the goldrush. Train lines were built, linking the major centres, and roadways were improved.

Another way in which the gold rush shaped history was in the development of democracy. The Eureka Stockade was the 1854 miners' uprising on the goldfields of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Conditions on the Australian goldfields were harsh. The main source of discontent was the miner's licence, which cost a monthly fee of 30 shillings and permitted the holder to work a 3.6 metre square "claim". Licences had to be paid regardless of whether a digger's claim resulted in the finding of any gold. Frequent licence hunts, during which the miners were ordered to produce proof of their licences, added to the increasing unrest. Previous delegations for miners' rights had met with inaction from the Victorian government, so on 29 November 1854, the miners burned their licences in a mass display of resistance against the laws which controlled the miners. Following a massive licence hunt on November 30, Irish immigrant Peter Lalor was elected to lead the rebellion.

On December 1, the miners began to construct a wooden barricade, a stockade from which they planned to defend themselves against further licence arrests or other incursions by the authorities. At 3:00am on Sunday, 3 December 1854, 276 police and military personnel and several civilians stormed the stockade. It remains unclear which side fired first, but in the ensuing battle, 22 diggers and 5 troopers died.

Although the rebellion itself failed in its objective, it gained the attention of the Government. A Commission of Enquiry was conducted and changes were implemented. These included abolition of monthly gold licences, replaced by an affordable annual miner's licence. The numbers of troopers were reduced significantly, and Legislative Council was expanded to allow representation to the major goldfields. Peter Lalor and another representative, John Basson Humffray, were elected for Ballarat. Later, Lalor was elected Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Victoria. For these reasons, the Eureka Stockade is regarded by many as the birthplace of Australian Democracy.

Answer 6

The gold rush spanned several decades, beginning with 1851, but it was spread out over different colonies. It began with the "official" discovery of gold in New South Wales and Victoria in 1851, and continued through to the Western Australian gold discoveries of the early 1890s.
There was a brief gold rush again with the discovery of gold in the Northern Territory in the 1930s.

Answer 7

The gold rush in Australia began tentatively with the first strike of payable gold near Ophir in NSW.

Less than three months after gold was "officially" discovered at Ophir in 1851, Victoria had its first gold strike at Sovereign Hill near Ballarat, in the same month it gained its independence from the NSW colony. While the Ballarat goldfields were rich and promising, the real goldrush began when gold was discovered at Mt Alexander, 60km northeast of Ballarat, and close to the town of Bendigo, in August 1851.

Answer 8

For the most part, the gold rush in Australia had very positive effects. In many ways, it helped Australia to "grow up" and become a recognised force in the world.

However, there were some negative effects for Australia, which included:

• The greater displacement of the indigenous people as more and more of them were forced off their land.
• Separation of families as fathers left their jobs and went to the goldfields, hoping to strike it rich, while their wives stayed behind, sometimes having to operate the farms and stations on their own.
• Environmentally, the goldrush was a disaster, although unrecognised at the time. Features of the Australian landscape were forever altered in the space of a few decades, and soil erosion was a major effect, the evidence of which can still be seen today. Water quality was affected as people used the creeks and rivers for all their activities, including bathing and washing dirty (sometimes disease-ridden) clothes. Water salinity rose as natural watercourses were diverted. Introduced noxious weeds decimated native flora and affected native fauna, as did the introduction of domestic animals to hitherto unpopulated areas.

Answer 9

The gold rushes in Australia had significant short-term and long-term effects.

• One of the main effects of the gold rushes was on the growing agricultural industry. Many men who worked on the farms, sheep and cattle stations simply downed their tools and left. Workers, owners, roustabouts, stockmen, jackaroos - they left their jobs for the lure of the goldfields. Often women and children were left to tend the stations their husbands left behind. As a result, Aboriginal labour became more popular. The goldrushes saw the rise of loyal Aboriginal stockmen and jackaroos who were willing to work long and hard for perhaps less pay than their predecessors.
• Because major gold discoveries were made in Victoria, this newly separated state suddenly found itself very wealthy. Businesses boomed, together with the population, and more people settled further out from the established towns, sparking interest and enthusiasm in exploration. Victoria's newfound wealth was directly responsible for the well-equipped but badly managed exploration of Burke and Wills, which ultimately resulted in their deaths.
• Immigration was a major effect of the Australian goldrush. Enormous numbers of immigrants, especially Chinese, brought their unique cultural influences to Australia, and many of the Chinese stayed on to build businesses in the towns once the main gold deposits were mined out. Gold attracted immigrants from many other European countries as well, and contributed in large part to the multicultural nature of Australia today.
• The events of the Eureka Stockade formed the basis for democracy that exists in Australia today. The miners fought for better rights amongst difficult conditions on the goldfields. While they did not immediately achieve their objective, it gained the attention of the Government. A Commission of Enquiry was conducted and changes were implemented. These included abolition of monthly gold licences, replaced by an affordable annual miner's licence. The numbers of troopers were reduced significantly, and Legislative Council was expanded to allow representation to the major goldfields.
• Gold brought wealth to Australia, and with it, a new sense of identity, and the independence and confidence to push for Federation and the establishent of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. Basically, Australia no longer needed to be "piggybacked" by England any more.
• Because of the rivalry between Melbourne, Victoria and Sydney, NSW, a new site was chosen for the Australian capital. Canberra lies where it is today because of this very rivalry brought on by the goldrush.
• The goldrushes helped bring improvements in transportation. The famous "Cobb and Co Coaches" ran successfully for half a century, thanks to the goldrush. Train lines were built, linking the major centres, and roadways were improved.

Negative effects for Australia included:

• The greater displacement of the indigenous people as more and more of them were forced off their land.
• Separation of families as fathers left their jobs and went to the goldfields, hoping to strike it rich, while their wives stayed behind, sometimes having to operate the farms and stations on their own.
• Environmentally, the goldrush was a disaster, although unrecognised at the time. Features of the Australian landscape were forever altered in the space of a few decades, and soil erosion was a major effect, the evidence of which can still be seen today. Water quality was affected as people used the creeks and rivers for all their activities, including bathing and washing dirty (sometimes disease-ridden) clothes. Water salinity rose as natural watercourses were diverted. Introduced noxious weeds decimated native flora and affected native fauna, as did the introduction of domestic animals to hitherto unpopulated areas.

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Answer 10

a lot happend in the gold era like population increased multicultralisim impacted Australia highly