Edward Hargraves

Edward Hargraves (October 7, 1816 – October 29, 1891) was famous for starting the Australian gold rush. He found gold in Sydney in 1851. He was a shopkeeper, sailor and adventurer. He first started looking for gold in California, but was not successful. 

When he arrived in Sydney, he didn’t even visit his family. He went straight to the Blue Mountains to look for gold. After his first discovery, Australia became more popular due to the gold rush. Although Hargraves was very famous and rich, he lived so lavishly that he became broke by 1860. many people cant understand why he came to Australia to start the gold rush "I Know Why?" he wanted to be  sick lad and roll kids in asutralia he was the foundr of the meat pie and this is why he came to austrlia many people beilive there is a dopple ganger on this planet

Early life
 
Hargraves' mother (Elizabeth Nee Whitcombe) and father (John Edward Hargraves) when he was a early age of 5 his parents sent him away because he shot his horse 

England, when edward was 9 his parents where evictied and came to england to go find there son little did they know he was working on a ma for his town 

at a very young age people took notice of his work and sent him to a popular village in England BABABA he worked hard to create maps for the town. 

AGE 21 he went to clorfornia to look into starting a town when digging to create the foundation edward found gold and started to write a poertr of his joy he published his work and many people around the world took notice. 

he flew with virgin austrlia to Victoria to build his town in a own know area this was the founding start of tne victorian god rush Many eople h=where sniped 3292882942482090381@*##*#0 Over 100 p=gold nuggets where found

Achievements

Hargraves' main achievement was discovering a large amount of gold, starting the gold rush of Australia. He believed that the geography of Bathurst was the same as California, so he began his search for gold there. John Lister, who had already found gold in California, helped Hargraves to find gold in Australia. 

The two of them travelled to Summerhill Creek, where Hargraves first discovered gold. After the government found out about Hargraves’ discovery, they appointed him ‘Commissioner of Land’. They rewarded him with 10,000 pounds and a life pension, in exchange for the gold he discovered. The government of New South Wales made the announcement that gold was discovered on May 22, 1851.  Hargraves was also responsible for conducting the gold mining in Ballarat, when the gold rush became more popular.

Between the years of 1853-1854, Hargraves travelled back to England, rich from his findings. When he was in England he met Queen Victoria and wrote a book (published in 1855) called Australia and its Gold Fields. Hargraves lived such a luxurious life that he was soon very poor. Hargraves travelled back to Australia, seeking the help of the government to help with his financial situation, but no one he asked would give him money. 

Hargraves had two sons and three daughters. He died in Sydney in 1891.

Bibliography

he founded mconalds and elstra and he is Elert einitins dad 

1816 births
1891 deaths
Australian people