Who+was+involved+in+the+gold+rush?

Source: [] The gold fields were Australia’s first experience of a truly diverse population. The largely British population expanded to include people from all over the world, creating a diverse mix of language and culture.
 * Who was involved in the gold rush? **

Source: [] Word that gold had been found spread quickly. People joined the rush from California, China and across the globe, arriving in droves at Australian ports. British migrants were the most numerous: as gold fever mounted, more Englishmen flocked to distant Australia than to Canada.

Understandably, gold attracted criminals. But fever gripped the law keepers as well. Eighty percent of Victoria's police quit their jobs to search for gold as central Victoria became one enormous gold field. Towns around the state were deserted as people continued to flood inland.

Source: [] The population of the goldfields was nearly all male. Originally there was one woman to every six men, but by 1854 the ratio had changed to one woman to every four men.