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James Nash (prospector)

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40: 223: 136: 208: 123: 228: 128: 28:(5 September 1834 – 5 October 1913) is popularly acknowledged as the first person to discover gold in 1867, in the area of 233: 17: 82: 75: 81:
Nash died in Gympie, Queensland on 5 October 1913. James Nash State High School (opened in 1977) and the
218: 213: 67: 44: 174: 39: 150: 142: 132: 78:, and his report on 16 October started 'one of the wildest rushes in Queensland history'. 63: 202: 118: 74:. Nash found rich gold deposits on an extended prospecting tour in 1867 near the 29: 146: 154: 55: 51: 71: 59: 33: 38: 66:, at the age of 23. In 1863 he moved to Queensland, working at 104:, John Ferguson and Elaine Brown, Gympie Regional Council 8: 127:. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, 16:For other persons named James Nash, see 224:English emigrants to colonial Australia 195:, 1967, published for Gympie centennial 94: 112: 110: 7: 180:. Gold Mining and Historical Museum 124:Australian Dictionary of Biography 14: 175:"Discovery of Gold / James Nash" 193:A Golden Past - A Golden Future 102:The Gympie Goldfields 1867–2008 129:Australian National University 1: 209:Australian gold prospectors 58:, England, and migrated to 250: 83:Electoral district of Nash 15: 119:"Nash, James (1834–1913)" 32:, Australia now known as 117:Stoodley, June (1974). 47: 229:People from Wiltshire 42: 45:Gympie Memorial Park 85:are named for him. 234:People from Gympie 48: 138:978-0-522-84459-7 50:Nash was born in 241: 189: 187: 185: 179: 166: 165: 163: 161: 114: 105: 99: 249: 248: 244: 243: 242: 240: 239: 238: 199: 198: 183: 181: 177: 173: 170: 169: 159: 157: 139: 116: 115: 108: 100: 96: 91: 64:New South Wales 21: 12: 11: 5: 247: 245: 237: 236: 231: 226: 221: 216: 211: 201: 200: 197: 196: 190: 168: 167: 137: 106: 93: 92: 90: 87: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 246: 235: 232: 230: 227: 225: 222: 220: 217: 215: 212: 210: 207: 206: 204: 194: 191: 176: 172: 171: 156: 152: 148: 144: 140: 134: 130: 126: 125: 120: 113: 111: 107: 103: 98: 95: 88: 86: 84: 79: 77: 73: 69: 65: 61: 57: 53: 46: 41: 37: 35: 31: 27: 23: 19: 192: 182:. Retrieved 158:. Retrieved 122: 101: 97: 80: 49: 43:Memorial at 25: 24: 22: 219:1913 deaths 214:1834 births 203:Categories 184:29 October 160:31 January 89:References 76:Mary River 30:Queensland 26:James Nash 18:James Nash 147:1833-7538 56:Wiltshire 155:70677943 68:Calliope 52:Beanacre 72:Nanango 153:  145:  135:  60:Sydney 34:Gympie 178:(PDF) 186:2011 162:2014 151:OCLC 143:ISSN 133:ISBN 70:and 205:: 149:. 141:. 131:. 121:. 109:^ 62:, 54:, 188:. 164:. 36:. 20:.

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James Nash
Queensland
Gympie

Gympie Memorial Park
Beanacre
Wiltshire
Sydney
New South Wales
Calliope
Nanango
Mary River
Electoral district of Nash


"Nash, James (1834–1913)"
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Australian National University
ISBN
978-0-522-84459-7
ISSN
1833-7538
OCLC
70677943
"Discovery of Gold / James Nash"
Categories
Australian gold prospectors
1834 births
1913 deaths
English emigrants to colonial Australia

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