# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-hargraves
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:55:33.695Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-hargraves"
name: "Edward Hargraves"
slug: "edward-hargraves"
description: "Edward Hammond Hargraves was an Australian gold prospector who led an expedition in the Macquarie River region of New South Wales in 1851, and publicised the resulting finds, starting the New South Wales gold rush."
tagline: "Australian gold prospector (1816-1891)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward_Hammond_Hargraves.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
birthDate: "1816-10-07"
deathDate: "1891-10-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.47
  momentum:             9.559288208880757
  historical:           7.247232
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  207
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Hargraves"
    title: "Edward Hargraves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Hargraves"
    title: "Edward Hargraves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Hargraves"
    title: "Edward Hargraves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Hargraves"
    title: "Edward Hargraves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Hargraves"
    title: "Edward Hargraves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Hargraves"
    title: "Edward Hargraves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Hargraves"
    title: "Edward Hargraves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Hargraves"
    title: "Edward Hargraves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q711990"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump