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The most significant event that happened in 1851 in Australia was the beginning of the Goldrush, which then spanned many decades. Gild was first found in Ophir, near Bathurst, New South Wales, by Edward Hargraves (with much help from the uncredited John Lister). Within just a few months, the rich goldfields of Victoria were also discovered, bringing new weakth to the colony of Victoria, which had separated from New South Wales little more an a month earlier.

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