amazing facts about GOLD
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Amazing Facts
* Long ago, in 5000 BC, the Egyptians found gold in the bed of the Nile River, and for thousands of years used gold for objects of adornment. When King Tutankhamen died, his mummified body was partly covered with gold which looked just as shiny when it was discovered by archaeologists over 3000 years later!
* Columbus was in search of gold when he discovered America in the 15th century.
* The earliest recorded gold sighting in Australia was in NSW in 1823. In 1851 the first of our 'gold rushes' began, gold fever enticing people to Victoria from many parts of the world. Within 10 years, Australia's population trebled, to more than 1 million people.
* In 1854, gold miners angry at the unfair miner's licence system, fought against troopers in the famous Eureka Stockade battle, the only armed rebellion in Australia's history.
* The largest gold nugget ever found was the 'Welcome Stranger', found in 1869 just under the soil at the base of a tree! It weighed 70 kg and on today's value would be worth over 1 million dollars. Quite a find!
* The term 'digger', the nickname for Australian soldiers fighting overseas, comes from the fact that many of the World War I soldiers had literally been diggers in the gold fields just before the war.
* Long ago, in 5000 BC, the Egyptians found gold in the bed of the Nile River, and for thousands of years used gold for objects of adornment. When King Tutankhamen died, his mummified body was partly covered with gold which looked just as shiny when it was discovered by archaeologists over 3000 years later!
* Columbus was in search of gold when he discovered America in the 15th century.
* The earliest recorded gold sighting in Australia was in NSW in 1823. In 1851 the first of our 'gold rushes' began, gold fever enticing people to Victoria from many parts of the world. Within 10 years, Australia's population trebled, to more than 1 million people.
* In 1854, gold miners angry at the unfair miner's licence system, fought against troopers in the famous Eureka Stockade battle, the only armed rebellion in Australia's history.
* The largest gold nugget ever found was the 'Welcome Stranger', found in 1869 just under the soil at the base of a tree! It weighed 70 kg and on today's value would be worth over 1 million dollars. Quite a find!
* The term 'digger', the nickname for Australian soldiers fighting overseas, comes from the fact that many of the World War I soldiers had literally been diggers in the gold fields just before the war.
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