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But these figures were soon eclipsed by those whichfollowed. The news of the gold discoveries near Bathurst had soon spread throughthe Australian colonies. The more adventurous of the colonists startedat once for the diggings. Others, often encouraged by their governments, who foresaw a constant drain of population in favor of the gold colony, endeavored to find gold within their own limits. Rumors of discoverieswere constantly arising. Gold was found at Echuca in South Australia, inthe Fingal ...district of Tasmania, and in the Curumandel ranges of NewZealand. But none of these discoveries could compare for a moment withthose which took place within the newly constituted colony of Victoria. Even so early as August, 1851, gold had been worked at a place called"Deep Creek" (or "Anderson's Creek"), not far from Melbourne, but thiswas soon abandoned in favor of the diggings at Clunes, on the headwatersof the streams which flow north from the great dividing range to theMurray River. A month later, these again were temporarily deserted infavor of the rich Buninyong district, just south of the range, whosechief centre was Ballarat.
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