Show FEARED EFFECT OF GOLD FIND australian authorities long t kept secret australia progress was probably retarded by nearly thirty years ai a the result of a chain of events which began in february III years ago says nays the Al melbourne elbourne argus new south wales walea was a young colony mr air 8 james Hc mcbrien BrIen assistant government surveyor was exploring in tho region creglon of fish fasl iziver between bathurst and hydal new south wales when on february 15 1823 lie he discovered the first gold ever found in australia it was alluvial alluvia lie ile wrote in his held book found numerous I 1 particles of gold in n the sand band on t the hd hills convenient to the river As aa a good public servant sir me brien went on with tho the job in hand completed his survey and made h hla report the passage which referred to the discovery oi of gold was suppressed because the governor fear feared ed that a gold fever might spread and destroy in 1839 1830 count found gold beyond the blue mountains and ho he too wai asked to kep keep hla his discovery secret it was not until 1831 1851 that thai the so se cret leaked out bathurst Ila balls balla rat and BunI buninyong nyong became instantly famous overseas for in the file last five bye months of that year alone prod produced more than worth of gold englishmen ger annne and scandinavians filled every available ship for australia aloro ships wore were chartered disappointed diggers froin the california gold camo came to try their luck in tho the now NI el dorado and before tho end of 1852 i tho the population of australia had tr trebled in the first te ten years of tho the rush ahert was ono one of tho file most sensational outpourings pou rings of wealth in tho the history ol of tho the world official figures showed a production of worth of gold froni from 1851 to 1860 but that was a gross underestimate tho the most successful diggers who had find mado made their for fortunes went back to their home countries carrying large quantities of undeclared gold that tho the discovery of gold wafe the key to tho the economic development of australia la Is shown by the fact that those states in which rold gold was discovered early barly have maintained their economic supremacy to thip day western australia the largest of tho the states where gold was not discovered in quantity until 1887 was unprogressive in spite of every effort of government and private enterprise ter prise until that terae bince McBrI onit amazing eri cry of galil has been produced in Xu australia australla of which victoria produced almost one baff |