After a period of rapid growth, further discoveries of gold in Victoria began drawing new residents away from Sydney towards Melbourne in the 1850s, which created a strong rivalry between Sydney and Melbourne that still exists to this day.
一段快速增长期后，人们又在维多利亚州发现了黄金，1850 年，新的淘金热开始将居民从悉尼吸引到墨尔本，导致悉尼和墨尔本之间形成了一种激烈的竞争。这种竞争一直持续到今天。