Life on the Goldfields
Digger's Hut by S.T. Gill
It was a long way to the goldfield, and most miners had to walk.
When they finally arrived they found that mining was hard, constant and often unrewarding.
Early gold finds were close to the surface, but large finds went quickly. Most minders had to dig. In 1854, it could take up to eight months to "bottom" a shaft in Ballarat, often without any reward.
Download the "What did the Goldfields Look LIke?" file, and copy and paste the words to complete the Cloze passage
When they finally arrived they found that mining was hard, constant and often unrewarding.
Early gold finds were close to the surface, but large finds went quickly. Most minders had to dig. In 1854, it could take up to eight months to "bottom" a shaft in Ballarat, often without any reward.
Download the "What did the Goldfields Look LIke?" file, and copy and paste the words to complete the Cloze passage
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Gold Licence
Play the Gold Game (created by Education Services Australia) - click on the image above.
then read the information from State Library of NSW using the links below - use the information to write quiz questions
http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/history_nation/gold/diggings/index.html
http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/history_nation/gold/diggings/mining/index.html
http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/history_nation/gold/diggings/accounts/index.html
http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/history_nation/gold/guerard/scenes.html
then read the information from State Library of NSW using the links below - use the information to write quiz questions
http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/history_nation/gold/diggings/index.html
http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/history_nation/gold/diggings/mining/index.html
http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/history_nation/gold/diggings/accounts/index.html
http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/history_nation/gold/guerard/scenes.html