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<p> Discoverer of the gold-field in Australia, born at Gosport, Devon; had been to California, concluded that as the geological formation was the same in [[Australia]] where he had come from, he would find gold there too and found it in New South [[Wales]] in 1851, for which the [[Government]] gave him £10,000 (1818-1890). </p> | <p> Discoverer of the gold-field in Australia, born at Gosport, Devon; had been to California, concluded that as the geological formation was the same in [[Australia]] where he had come from, he would find gold there too and found it in New South [[Wales]] in 1851, for which the [[Government]] gave him £10,000 (1818-1890). </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_74188"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/hargraves,+edmund Edmund Hargraves from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_74188"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/hargraves,+edmund Edmund Hargraves from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:27, 15 October 2021
Edmund Hargraves [1]
Discoverer of the gold-field in Australia, born at Gosport, Devon; had been to California, concluded that as the geological formation was the same in Australia where he had come from, he would find gold there too and found it in New South Wales in 1851, for which the Government gave him £10,000 (1818-1890).
