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In Australia:

Edward Hargraves: initiated the gold rush in Australia by finding gold near Bathurst, New South Wales (the real finder was John Lister, but Hargraves was given the credit)

Paddy Hannan: started the gold rush that led to the establishment of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia

Jim (or Jack) Larcombe: found the largest gold nugget in eastern Victoria

John Deason and Richard Oates: found the world's largest gold nugget, the Welcome Stranger, in western Victoria

James Nash: found gold near Gympie in Queensland. This led Gympie to be nicknamed "The town that saved Queensland", as the newly formed state was on the brink of bankruptcy prior to the gold discovery.

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Prospectors: the people who came after most of the good claims were staked were called '49ers.

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