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Historical rascal Edward Hammond Hargraves is put in his place
Those who suffered through the history of Australia’s Gold Rush in school will recognise the name Edward Hargraves. He discovered gold in Australia, so they reckon. He received the £10,000 ...
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Why the man hailed a hero for discovering gold Down Under was, in fact, a ‘loathsome charlatan’
The family he was lodging with was unimpressed, especially as they had more gold flecks sitting in jars on their mantelpiece. ‘Utterly loathsome’ … Edward Hargraves in an 1851 portrait by ...