Gold Rushes and Global Migration
The impact of gold discoveries in California and Australia on global population movements.
Key Questions
- 1How did the gold rush create multi-ethnic frontier societies?
- 2What were the ecological impacts of hydraulic mining?
- 3How did gold discoveries accelerate the development of infrastructure?
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