Some who came were professional miners. Many, though, were farmhands or office workers who had never before swung a miner’s pick.
१८५१ दरम्यान, व्हिक्टोरिया प्रांतातील बॅलरॅट आणि बेन्डिगो येथेही मोठ्या प्रमाणावर सोने सापडले.