Lauren Bourke, head of collections at the Australian Centre for Gold Rush Collections in Ballarat, snaps on plastic gloves ...

McCully House Inn, the best known Gold Rush era mansion in southern Oregon ... land populated by the Takelma people. The mining campsite called Table Rock City was soon renamed Jacksonville.

The world’s largest ever gold nugget, discovered in 1869 during the Australian gold rush, remains a symbol ... The miners’ effort paid off, as they became famous for uncovering this treasure ...

These unwitting pets now join a growing list of animals affected by the Gold Rush ... the Australian King Parrot. “The fact that you had these exotic animals in a place where most people ...