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Who is credited with making the first payable gold discovery in Australia?

April 26, 2017Australia credited Discovery gold Payable

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Who is credited with making the first payable gold discovery in Australia?

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Edward Hargraves is credited with making the first payable gold discovery in Australia. With the help of a local guide, and using his own knowledge of geology in relation to gold-bearing country, Hargraves found gold at Summerhill Creek, now Ophir, near Bathurst, NSW, in May 1851.