page_title: Victorian gold rush
hierarchical_section_title: Victorian gold rush
caption_attribution_description: English: Nerrena Fossickers in Nerrena Creek. Location now known as Nerrina, a suburb of Ballarat. Author unknown but was originally published 1904 in Geol. Survey, the Department of Mines Bulletin No. 15 in which W.M. Bradford described the locality as “The Nerrena or Little Bendigo Gold-field"
context_page_description: The Victorian gold rush was a period in the history of Victoria, Australia approximately between 1851 and the late 1860s. It led to a period of extreme prosperity for the Australian colony, and an influx of population growth and financial capital for Melbourne, which was dubbed "Marvellous Melbourne" as a result of the procurement of wealth.
context_section_description: The Victorian gold rush was a period in the history of Victoria, Australia approximately between 1851 and the late 1860s. It led to a period of extreme prosperity for the Australian colony, and an influx of population growth and financial capital for Melbourne, which was dubbed "Marvellous Melbourne" as a result of the procurement of wealth.
caption: Nerrena Fossickers in Nerrena Creek outside Ballarat
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