page_title: Australian gold rushes
section_title: 1851 (undated): Other finds in Victoria
hierarchical_section_title: Australian gold rushes / Notable gold finds that started rushes / 1851 (undated): Other finds in Victoria
caption_attribution_description: English: A chart showing the great nuggets of Victoria at Museums Victoria
context_page_description: During the Australian gold rushes, significant numbers of workers relocated to areas in which gold had been discovered. Gold was found several times in Australia before 1851, but there were only gold rushes from 1851 onwards, mainly because the colonial government of New South Wales had previously suppressed news of gold finds which it believed would reduce the workforce and destabilise the economy.
  After the California Gold Rush began in 1848, motivating many people to leave Australia for California to look for gold there, the New South Wales government rethought its position, and sought approval from the British Colonial Office to allow the exploitation of mineral resources, and offered rewards for finding gold.
context_section_description: Gold was found at Omeo in late 1851 and gold mining continued in the area for many years. Due to the inaccessibility of the area there was only a small Omeo gold rush.
caption: A chart showing the Great Nuggets of Victoria at Museums Victoria
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