An accident led to the discovery of gold in Australia's
desert in 1893.
Within months a township grew up in the desert around the
gold deposit.
A few years later, a scientific discovery led to a second
gold rush which caused the inhabitants to destroy their town!
Read more in the December 2012 edition of AUS-e-NEWS.
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