Australian Gold Rush
We have these resources in our library.
Teacher Resources
The gold rushes : activities to switch on thinking skills!Tanya Gibb
994.03 GIB
Ages 10+. Contains blackline masters. Contents: Everyday life on the goldfields -- The discovery of gold -- Gold rush journeys -- Riots, robberies and rebellions.
994.03 GIB
Ages 10+. Contains blackline masters. Contents: Everyday life on the goldfields -- The discovery of gold -- Gold rush journeys -- Riots, robberies and rebellions.
Exploration and settlement : in Colonial Australia Joel Weston
TR 994.72 WES
Contents: Early days -- Land and corruption -- Into the unknown -- Big business -- Heroic explorations -- Squatters and settlers -- Epic journeys -- The rush for gold -- The Squatters -- Heart of the land -- Increasing mobility.
TR 994.72 WES
Contents: Early days -- Land and corruption -- Into the unknown -- Big business -- Heroic explorations -- Squatters and settlers -- Epic journeys -- The rush for gold -- The Squatters -- Heart of the land -- Increasing mobility.
Digital Text
Gold Diggers - in the Colonial People Digital Library Series
This software is accessible on all school IWBs, class PCs, computer labs and library PCs.
Focusing on gold diggers, this intriguing book explores aspects of everyday life, job responsibilities and social activities in colonial Australia.
Using a range of text types they immerse students in the period, painting a picture of life from the workers' point of view.
Key features include:
This software is accessible on all school IWBs, class PCs, computer labs and library PCs.
Focusing on gold diggers, this intriguing book explores aspects of everyday life, job responsibilities and social activities in colonial Australia.
Using a range of text types they immerse students in the period, painting a picture of life from the workers' point of view.
Key features include:
- extracts from a range of primary and secondary sources
- 1st-person narrative features
- illustrated 'A Day in the Life' case studies
- hands-on projects
- Inside our home
- What we eat
- What we wear
- How we get the work done
- A working day
- For leisure and pleasure
- An outing to town
- Meet the real gold diggers
- Exploring the gold digger experience
Texts - Non-fiction
Gold, Graves and Glory by Jackie French
Fair Dinkum Histories Series.
Fair Dinkum Histories Series.
Texts - Fiction
To the Goldields by Rachel Tonkin
F TON
Summary: The difficulties and dramas of miners' daily lives are explored through the eyes of a nine-year-old boy whose family make a life for themselves in the diggings.
F TON
Summary: The difficulties and dramas of miners' daily lives are explored through the eyes of a nine-year-old boy whose family make a life for themselves in the diggings.
Audio Visual
Life on the Gold fields - Bill Peach
DVD - 55mins, # 3 in Peach's gold series, 2007
TR 994.03
Summary: Bill Peach traces the story of gold in Australia from its earliest discoveries to the present day. This episode looks at life on the goldfields after the Eureka Stockade.
DVD - 55mins, # 3 in Peach's gold series, 2007
TR 994.03
Summary: Bill Peach traces the story of gold in Australia from its earliest discoveries to the present day. This episode looks at life on the goldfields after the Eureka Stockade.
Websites
SKWIRK
Requires our school login to access images, animations, videos and worksheets. Years 5&6, History & Geography, gold.
Requires our school login to access images, animations, videos and worksheets. Years 5&6, History & Geography, gold.
Gold - Kidcyber
An excellent introduction to the gold rushes in Australia. Written by Australian teacher and a librarian, students will find it easy to read and understand this information. Scroll to the bottom to access more links to gold sites.
An excellent introduction to the gold rushes in Australia. Written by Australian teacher and a librarian, students will find it easy to read and understand this information. Scroll to the bottom to access more links to gold sites.
Gold Rush Learning Object - Scootle
Dig for gold on the Ballarat goldfields in 1865. Try your luck at alluvial or shaft mining. Buy a miner's permit, tools and enough supplies to last a month. Discover how hard life was on the goldfields. Explore a map showing the countries migrants left to join the gold rush in Australia. Find out which towns developed due to the discovery of gold. Look at an illustrated timeline to find out how the gold rush led to a boom in the Australian economy and rural development. This learning object is the simplest in a series of two learning objects that differ in complexity of navigation and basic calculations.
This resource can accessed via the DEC portal using the
http://www.scootle.edu.au/ec/pinobject?objectId=L702&pin=CPQKEA&userid=243166
Dig for gold on the Ballarat goldfields in 1865. Try your luck at alluvial or shaft mining. Buy a miner's permit, tools and enough supplies to last a month. Discover how hard life was on the goldfields. Explore a map showing the countries migrants left to join the gold rush in Australia. Find out which towns developed due to the discovery of gold. Look at an illustrated timeline to find out how the gold rush led to a boom in the Australian economy and rural development. This learning object is the simplest in a series of two learning objects that differ in complexity of navigation and basic calculations.
This resource can accessed via the DEC portal using the
http://www.scootle.edu.au/ec/pinobject?objectId=L702&pin=CPQKEA&userid=243166
Gold
This site covers many aspects of the Australian Gold Rush: life on the diggings, immigration, law and the environment. The interactive map is a brilliant resource for students to see where significant events took place in the different Australian states.
Click on the Links section for more great sites.
This site covers many aspects of the Australian Gold Rush: life on the diggings, immigration, law and the environment. The interactive map is a brilliant resource for students to see where significant events took place in the different Australian states.
Click on the Links section for more great sites.
The Australian Gold Rush
Information presented by the Australian government.
Information presented by the Australian government.
Gold Downunder
The properties of gold, how gold is used, how does gold form and how much is it worth?
The properties of gold, how gold is used, how does gold form and how much is it worth?
Goldfields
A tourist site by Visit Victoria
A tourist site by Visit Victoria
Eureka - the rush for gold!
Information compiled by the State Library of New South Wales.
Information compiled by the State Library of New South Wales.
Harvest of Endurance
National Museum of Australia site. Harvest of Endurance is a 50-metre-long scroll that represents two centuries of Chinese contact with, and emigration to, Australia. Stories of hardship and survival, resourcefulness and reward are painted in the traditional gong bi style. Includes information about Chinese immigrants on the gold fields.
National Museum of Australia site. Harvest of Endurance is a 50-metre-long scroll that represents two centuries of Chinese contact with, and emigration to, Australia. Stories of hardship and survival, resourcefulness and reward are painted in the traditional gong bi style. Includes information about Chinese immigrants on the gold fields.