Kimberley Goldfield refers to the gold rush of 1885 to 1886 in Kimberley, Western Australia. A few discoveries of reef gold were made but most had little or no success. The gold rush drew world attention to the colony, resulting in a flood of immigrants and investment capital that transformed Western Australia from an impoverished colony in the late 1880s to one of Australia’s wealthiest States in 1901. See ‘The Discovery of the East Kimberley Goldfield 1885’. Accessed 23/05/17.
