What is Edward Hargraves?
{{Infobox person | name = Edward Hargraves | image =Edward Hammond Hargraves.jpg | caption= Australian National Library, ca 1850 | birth_date = 7 October 1816 | death_date = {{death date and age |1891|10|29 |1816|10|07 |df=yes}} | occupation = Shopkeeper, [[sailor]], [[adventurer]] | known_for = Starting the Australian gold rush }} '''Edward Hargraves''' (October 7, 1816 &ndash; October 29, 1891) was an [[Australia|Australian]] [[shop]]keeper, [[sailor]] and [[adventurer]]. He is famous for starting the Australian [[gold rush]]. He found gold in [[Sydney]] in 1851. He first started looking for [[gold]] in [[California]] but was not successful. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/gold/story.php?storyid=32|title=~ GOLD ~|website=www.sbs.com.au|access-date=2020-06-21}}</ref> When he arrived in Sydney, he did not even visit his family. He went straight to the [[Blue Mountains (New South Wales)|Blue Mountains]] to look for gold. After his first discovery, Australia became more popular due to the goldfield. Although Hargraves was very famous and rich, he lived so lavishly that he became broke by 1862. ==Early life== Hargraves' mother (Elizabeth Nee Whitcombe) and father (John Edward Hargraves) sent Hargraves to Brighton Grammar School in [[England]]. When he was 14, he travelled over water to Sydney, Australia. He arrived in Sydney in 1832. He worked on a property at [[Bathurst, New South Wales|Bathurst]], collecting [[tortoise]] shells. Before Hargraves became famous, he left his wife (Elizabeth Hargraves) and bought his own piece of land on Manning River. He took over a shop near his property. ==Achievements== Hargraves' main achievement was discovering a large amount of gold, starting the gold rush of Australia. He believed that the geography of Bathurst was the same as [[California]], so he began his search for gold there. John Lister, who had already found gold in California, helped Hargraves to find gold in Australia. The two of them travelled to Summer