But then in 1850 Queen Victoria had agreed that a new colony should be created south of the Murray River and that it should bear her name; and in the following year gold was found at Ballarat.

Like many get-rich-quick quests, the California gold rush caused a wave of destruction. During the peak years of the gold rush, the population of indigenous people in California dropped from ...

The VLF-EM survey focused on two areas within the Skye Gold Zone. Lines 1,2,3 & 4 were placed on the northern portion of the trend across the gold in soil anomaly extending for 1.9 km. Lines 5 & 6 ...

The VLF-EM survey was a portion of the 2024 summer exploration program on Ballarat. The 2024 exploration program was comprised of a ground-based VLF-EM survey on the Skye Gold Zone, grid soil sampling ...

Economic Uncertainty Tariffs often lead to economic uncertainty and trade tensions, which can increase the demand for safe-haven assets like gold. Investors usually buy gold to preserve their ...

Episodes 8 and 9 of Gold Rush Season 15 delivered big wins and bigger challenges for Rick Ness and his crew as they pushed Rally Valley to its limits. After three days of sluicing, Ness added over ...

A relative few who partook in the Gold Rush got wealthy—mostly earlier prospectors. But the development that sprung up around this mass migration of fortune seekers had a lasting impact on the ...

McCully House Inn, the best known Gold Rush era mansion in southern Oregon, is for sale months after the owners added an artisan bakery, pub and other revenue-generating outlets to the handsome ...

Gold price in 2025: Experts recommend maintaining gold in investment portfolios for 2025 due to its diversification benefits and potential for continued gains. Gold prices hit record highs in 2024 ...

Cheryl Lucas, 38, appeared briefly in the Ballarat Magistrates’ Court on Monday, two days after her arrest at her Mount Helen home. Wearing a pink oversized shirt, Ms Lucas sat hunched in the ...

Unearth extraordinary stories of people who came to this country to try – but mostly fail – to make their fortune finding gold. What did people eat, wear, do for fun, sing, read, paint and cry ...