Edward Hammond Hargraves
1816–91
Emigrated to Sydney, Australia in 1832. Gold-miner in California, 1849–51. Returned to Australia with the aim of gaining a government award for the discovery of an Australian goldfield. In 1851 he found gold specimens at Guyong, New South Wales.
Sources
Aust. dict. biog.
DNB.
Bibliography
Aust. dict. biog.: Australian dictionary of biography. Edited by Douglas Pike et al. 14 vols. [Melbourne]: Melbourne University Press. London and New York: Cambridge University Press. 1966–96.
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
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