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Gold Rushes
2 articles tagged “Gold Rushes” on Sprinkles of History.
North America
The Klondike: A Stampede of a Hundred Thousand for Gold
News of gold in Canada's Yukon sent roughly a hundred thousand prospectors north; most never reached the goldfields, and few of those who did struck it rich.
Oceania
The Gold Rush That Reshaped Colonial Australia
Gold discoveries in New South Wales and Victoria triggered a rush of migration that rapidly grew Australia's population and pushed the colonies toward greater self-government.