William Tipple Smith

mineralogist

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Australian gold rushes

  • Australian gold rush era
    In Australian gold rushes: New South Wales

    …South Wales in 1847 by William Tipple Smith, a mineralogist who had read Murchison’s predictions. Smith sent his first gold sample, taken from the western slopes of the Blue Mountains near the town of Bathurst to Murchison. Murchison notified the colonial government, which declined to take action. The following year…

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