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Witness History: The West Australian Gold Rush

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The West Australian Gold Rush

19/09/2016 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, The West Australian Gold Rush

In September 1892 gold was discovered in Western Australia

On the 17th of September 1892 gold was discovered in Western Australia. Hear a firsthand account from the BBC archives.

On 17 September 1892 gold was discovered in Coolgardie in Western Australia. It was not the first find but it was the biggest, and the one which began a gold rush that changed the fortunes of the colony which had just become independent from Britain. Claire Bowes presents an archive interview with Frank Gerald, who as a young man, witnessed the discovery. His account was recorded in 1937.

(Photo: Gold prospectors in Australia panning water and silt in search of small nuggets. Credit: Three Lions/Getty Images)

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