Zaphod
How did the Victorian gold rush impact the region?
Victorian gold rush
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leslieh
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The gold rush caused dramatic growth in both the Australian and Victorian populations. Many ghost towns, such as Walhalla, still exist.
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JordPwn
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The first world war deprived the Australian gold mines of the labor they needed; a ban on gold exports in 1915, combined with European abandonment of the gold standard, conspired to deal the death blow to the gold mining industry.