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Explorers

Australian Explorers Fast Facts File

This site describes the explorations of 18 explorers

Australian Explorers

This site includes several explorers & maps of their explorations.

Sixteen Explorers of Australia

This site gives a summary of the explorations of 16 explorers.

Exploration

Scroll down the left hand side to find links to information about Blaxland, Lawson & Wentworth; Burke & Wills; Cook; Mitchell; McDouell Stuart; Sturt.

Eccentric Feats of Australian Explorers

Gold

Last updated 17/09/2001

Background

 

Before the Rush - life before gold; California; the early discoveries.

Discovery of Gold in Australia

Aussie Gold History

FAQ's about the discovery of gold - brief information about many frequently asked questions

Gold! Gold! Its properties & uses

Mining Gold in Ballarat

How they process gold - diagram of how gold ore is processed.

Major Gold Nugget Finds in Australia - a table compiled by the Perth Mint.

Life on

the Diggings

 

 

The Goldfields Experience - comprehensive site from Heathcote Primary School, Victoria - an excellent single site - includes information about schools & aborigines.

Life on the Goldfields - a virtual gallery from the State Library of Victoria - excellent information with artwork & documents from the time about going to the diggings, life under canvas, entertainment, friendships, mining and Eureka.

Diggings Life - Information & images about working on the diggings, surviving, entertainment, law & order, and women on the goldfields.

Goldfield Life - in Bendigo

Mining Tools of the 1850's

Mining Laws of the 1850's

The People Who Came to the Goldfields

Gold Fever - NSW, Vic., & getting to the goldfields.

Traveling to the Goldfields

A Safe Passage - the story of Phoebe Emmeline Macpherson

The Great Irish Famine

Why did so many Irish people came to Australia?

The Chinese who came to Ballarat

The Chinese in Bendigo

Eureka Stockade

& the results

of the Goldrush

Timeline of the Eureka Stockade

Eureka Story in Brief

The Eureka Rebellion

Eureka...a triumph for the Diggers - School Project sheet from the Perth Mint

Conflict - Australian Gold Exhibition.

Eureka - from Ballarat Uni & Fine Arts Gallery

Golden quotes - read what people wrote about life on the Ballarat Goldfields.

Photo Gallery of Goldfields Life

The Goldrushes That Made Australia - School Project sheet from the Perth Mint - the results of the Goldrush in Australia.

For Teachers &

Extra Information

For Teachers

Classroom Activities from Sovereign Hill

Gold Rush Technology 1850's-1990's - describes the old & modern methods for mining gold. Student questions based on pictures & information.

Gold! - HSIE Stage 3 unit from Educate - downloadable.

Eureka Stockade - Webquest from Port Macquarie District.

Gold! - Clickable worksheet from Port Macquarie District.

Gold! Gold! Gold! - NSW CAP unit from Batemans Bay District

More Difficult Information

Research notes for secondary students about the Ballarat Goldfields.

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