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金在澳大利亚历史发展中扮演过重要角色。1851年兴起的找金热持续了将近一个世纪。它的金产量曾经居世界领先地位。19世纪60年代金产量占世界的40％。1903年最高年产量达119.3吨。1940年以后产量逐年下降,1976年降至15.4吨。1980年产量也不过17吨,不足当年世界产金量的2％。80年代以来,由于国际市场金价暴涨和国内政府采取的鼓励政策,大大地促进了金矿的开发,使金产量迅速上升,平均每年增加30％。为世界黄金产量增长最快的国家。1987年产量达到108吨(见下表),1988年将上升到130吨,预计90年代也将保持在这一水平上。
Gold played an important role in the development of Australia’s history. The golden fever that rose in 1851 lasted nearly a century. Its gold production was once the world leader. Gold production in the 1960s accounted for 40% of the world. The highest annual output in 1903 reached 119.3 tons. After 1940 the output declines year by year, dropping to 15.4 tons in 1976. However, the output in 1980 was only 17 tons, less than 2% of the world’s gold production. Since the 1980s, due to the soaring gold prices in the international market and the encouragement policies adopted by the domestic government, the development of gold mines has been greatly promoted and the gold output has risen rapidly with an average annual increase of 30%. The world’s fastest growing gold production countries. In 1987 the output reached 108 tons (see table below), which will rise to 130 tons in 1988 and is expected to remain at this level in the 1990s.