The Gold Rush Begins

Multiple Choice

What was the name of the town were Hargraves found gold?

• Opal

• Ophir

• Ofia

• Oval

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Why did most people leave Ophir?

• the mining conditions were bad

• there were no shops

• all the easy gold had been claimed

• there was no gold there

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Why was the new Victorian colony almost deserted?

• because gold had been found in Western Australia

• because gold had been found in Tasmania

• because gold had been found in NSW

• because gold had been found in Queensland

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How did the Victorian government try to get people to come to Victoria?

• by offering a reward of 100 pounds

• by offering a reward of 200 pounds

• by offering a reward of 500 pounds

• by offering a reward of 1000 pounds

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Where was gold discovered in Victoria?

• Warrandyte, Clunes, Ballarat, Ophir and Bendigo

• Warrandyte, Clunes, Ballarat, Castlemaine and Bendigo

• Warrandyte, Clunes, Ophir, Castlemaine and Bendigo

• Warrandyte, Ophir, Castlemaine and Bendigo

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About how many people came from overseas to the Australian goldfields?

• 200 000

• 300 000

• 400 000

• 500 000

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How much gold was found at the Mt Alexander goldfields?

• about 113 ounces

• about 113 kilograms

• more than 113 tonnes

• more than 1113 tonnes

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When was most gold found at Mt Alexander?

• before 1851

• in the first 2 years of the Gold Rush

• in the last 2 years of the Gold Rush

• in the 1890s

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Where was most gold found at Mt Alexander?

• at the top of the mountain

• in the top 5m of soil and rock

• beneath 5m of soil and rock

• just lying on the ground

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what town produced the most gold in the world from 1850-1900?

• Ballarat

• Clunes

• Castlemaine

• Bendigo

Multiple Choice

What would the gold found in Bendigo be worth today?

• $9 million

• $9 billion

• $5 million

• $5 billion

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When was the biggest nugget in the Bendigo area found?

• 1853

• 1854

• 1855

• 1856

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Where was the biggest nugget in the Bendigo area found?

• Golden Gully

• Golden Creek

• Golden Mountain

• Golden Lake

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Who was the damper shaped nugget named after?

• the gold commissioner Mr Harris

• the gold commissioner Mr Henry

• the gold commissioner Mr Heron

• the gold commissioner Mr Harry

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When was the Welcome Stranger nugget found?

• 1868

• 1869

• 1870

• 1871

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Where was the Welcome Stranger nugget found?

• Bulldog Gully

• Bulldog Stream

• Bulldog Lake

• Bulldog Mountain

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Why was the Welcome Stranger nugget broken up?

• it was too heavy to carry

• the scales weren't big enough to weigh it

• it was too large to be transported

• they wanted to make jewellery

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How may people had come to Victoria in search of gold by the end of 1852?

• 9 000

• 90 000

• 900 000

• 900

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When was gold found in Tasminia and Queensland?

• in the 1800s

• in the 1820s

• in the 1850s

• in the 1950s

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Where was gold found in the 1870s?

• Queensland

• NSW

• Victoria

• Northern Territory

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What places became incredibly rich goldfields?

• Kalgoorlie and Coolgardie

• Ophia and Opal

• Queenstown and Hartley

• Koolgarie and Calgorile

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What happened to Western Australia's population because of gold?

• it doubled

• it decreased

• it tripled in 10 years

• it quadrupled within 2 years

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What was Melbourne nicknamed?

• Golden Melbourne

• Cosmopolition Melbourne

• Marvellous Melbourne

• Booming Melbourne

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How many people lived in Australia in 1860?

• 68 000

• 125 000

• 250 000

• over 1 million

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From 1851 to 1890 the Australian population multiplied by almost _____?

• 6

• 7

• 8

• 10

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The Victorian Gold Rush would dwarf the finds in New South Wales accounting for more than ________ of the world's gold production in the 1850s.

• a sixth

• a fifth

• a quarter

• a third