https://cfblog-5pt.pages.dev/ Recent content in Welcome to my CF Hugo Blog on DS New Hugo Project Hugo en-au Fri, 08 May 2026 15:00:00 +1000 https://cfblog-5pt.pages.dev/posts/history/goldrush01/ Fri, 08 May 2026 15:00:00 +1000 https://cfblog-5pt.pages.dev/posts/history/goldrush01/ <h2 id="introduction">Introduction</h2> <p>The Victorian gold rush began in <strong>1851</strong> when gold was discovered near Ballarat and Bendigo.</p> <p><img alt="Bakery Hill" loading="lazy" src="https://cfblog-5pt.pages.dev/images/gold-rush_001_Bakery-Hill.jpg"></p> <h2 id="impact">Impact</h2> <p>Thousands of diggers flooded into Victoria, transforming it from a quiet pastoral colony into one of the wealthiest places on earth.</p> <h2 id="walhalla">Walhalla</h2> <h3 id="overview">Overview</h3> <p>The small town of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walhalla,_Victoria">Walhalla</a> became a <mark>major</mark> gold mining centre in the 1860s.</p> <blockquote> <p>From the archives<sup id="fnref:1"><a href="#fn:1" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">1</a></sup> . Written back in <strong>2004</strong>. For the Aspect Computing staff newsletter, I think. Was originally &lsquo;LM3 and Port Phillip non-Bay&rsquo;. Science moves on and in the 20+ years since, some findings have changed. I have updated the body and included changed footnotes.</p>