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Re:The invented Chinese names of the 2019 Canadian federal e... by morningseagulls on Monday October 21, 2019 @11:06PM (#21320029)
And in case anyone was wondering, the "New Gold Mountain" is another name for Melbourne[0].

[0] https://www.google.com/search?q=%E6%96%B0%E9%87%91%E5%B1%B1

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Re:The invented Chinese names of the 2019 Canadian federal e... by SideburnsOfDoom on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @08:53AM (#21323022)
The Melbourne Gold rush was in the 1850s-1860s so the "new" part has become inaccurate.

See also: "New Forest", England, 1079.

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Re:The invented Chinese names of the 2019 Canadian federal e... by morningseagulls on Thursday October 24, 2019 @10:39AM (#21345089)
>The Melbourne Gold rush was in the 1850s-1860s so the "new" part has become inaccurate.

It also happened just a few years (very much less than a decade) after the California Gold Rush, and there were other gold rushes after that, so I'm not sure why it's "new" either.

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