Regarding 28 November 1851 Weekly Newspaper article The Australian California, which mentions discovery of Australian gold in 1851 by a Mr. Suttor. In 1849, there was discovering of gold on land owned by John Sutter, a Swiss rancher, in California, USA, The coincidence was too much for me not to mention to the group. Soon, John Sutter lost his very large rancho land grant due to the ensuing Gold Rush, however, California quickly became a state just prior to the American Civil War beginning in 1861. Steade Sacramento, California