The discovery of gold at Ballarat in 1851 sparked Victoria’s famous gold rush of the 1850s. This led to the most significant event in the evolution of the state of Victoria, the mass migration of people from across the globe to the region hoping to strike it rich. It’s believed that at the height of the rush, 6,000 miners arrived in the region each week. Gold was also discovered on the outskirts of Beechworth in Spring Creek in 1852. Many Chinese nationals converged on Beechworth seeking fortune around the late…
