How a Kid Filling a Billy Can Started Australia's Gold Rush "Look what I found!" 🪨✨ More than once, Australia's gold rushes started with a surprised kid filling a billy-can for tea. Here's how it happened: ▸ A 'Billy boy' was sent to the watercourse to get fresh water ▸ Water runs cleanest over bars of rocks ▸ Those same rock bars are natural gold traps ▸ Kid scoops water, spots gold, runs back yelling ▸ The rest is history Once word got out, EVERY watercourse became a target and ANY dish-shape