Made in LancashireVictorian Community History Awards: History Publication Commendation At the height of the Victorian gold rush, between July 1852 and June 1853, hundreds of government assisted migrants from Lancashire, England, made their way to Australia and disembarked in Victoria. They were part of a huge flood of such migrants who were poured into the new born colony as the colonial administration scrabbled to cope with the gold rush. The scheme was an