From Australia's No.1 Gold Rush to Ghost Town: The Tragic Story of Hill End

From Australia's No.1 Gold Rush to Ghost Town: The Tragic Story of Hill End In eighteen seventy two, miners cut a wall of solid gold from Hawkins Hill. At two hundred and eighty six kilograms, it was the largest single mass of gold ever found on Earth. Above the mine sat the richest quarter mile in the world. But the money was mostly paper. On thirteen claims, investors poured one million pounds and got back five hundred thousand. The rest vanished into promoters' pockets. They crushed the greatest gold specimen ever found and melted it down. Today, barely a hundred and thirty people remain. Old photographs stand on the empty lots where the town once roared. This is the story of how the thing they valued vanished, and the thing they overlooked endured. #HillEnd #HillEndNSW #LostAustralia #DemolishedHeritage #LostPlaces #AustralianHistory