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Was the Australian environment affected by the gold rush?

April 26, 2017affected Australian Environment gold rush

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Was the Australian environment affected by the gold rush?

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Yes: it is inevitable that, where a concentrated number of people are digging into the ground within any area, the environment will be affected. Alluvial gold mining left the environment cleared and razed in many places, whilst “mullock heaps” were left behind to scar the landscape.