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Gold rushes in Australia were movements of large numbers of people to places in Australia where gold had been discovered. The discoveries of gold led to great social and economic changes.
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ARTICLES:
• Gold rushes in Australia
• Eureka Stockade
• Welcome Stranger
• Ballarat
• Bathurst
• Bendigo
• Cairns
• Forbes
• Hill End
• Kalgoorlie
• Kimberley
• Orange
• Palmer River gold field
• Parkes
• Rockhampton
Important People:
• David Carnegie
• Edward Hargraves
• Bernard Holtermann
• Peter Lalor
• Quong Tart
TIMELINES:
• Gold rushes in Australia
MEDIA:
• A miner panning for gold in Victoria
• Chinese gold miners
• Cradle to separate gold from the soil
• Eureka Stockade
• Gold license issued during the 1850’s gold rush in Victoria
• Gold mine in Western Australia
• Gold miners in the 1870’s
• Gold mining in Australia
• Gold nuggets from the Star of Hope mine in Hill End
• Holtermann Nugget
Important People:
• David Carnegie
• Edward Hargraves
• Bernard Holtermann
• Peter Lalor
• Quong Tart
MAPS:
• Gold rushes in Australia
WORKSHEET:
• Gold rushes in Australia
eBOOKS: (for subscribers only)
• Federation of Australia
STUDENT
ARTICLES:
• Gold rushes in Australia
• History of Australia – discovery of gold
• Eureka Stockade
• Welcome Stranger
• Ballarat
• Bathurst
• Bendigo
• Cairns
• Forbes
• Hill End
• Kalgoorlie
• Kimberley
• Orange
• Palmer River gold field
• Parkes
• Rockhampton
Important People:
• David Carnegie
• Edward Hargraves
• Bernard Holtermann
• Peter Lalor
• CY O’Connor
• Quong Tart
• Charles Joseph La Trobe
Australian novelists who wrote about the gold fields:
• Henry Handel Richardson
• Edward George Dyson
TIMELINES:
• Gold rushes in Australia
MEDIA:
• A miner panning for gold in Victoria
• Chinese gold miners
• Cradle to separate gold from the soil
• Eureka Stockade
• Gold license issued during the 1850’s gold rush in Victoria
• Gold mine in Western Australia
• Gold miners in the 1870’s
• Gold mining in Australia
• Gold nuggets from the Star of Hope mine in Hill End
• Holtermann Nugget
Important People:
• David Carnegie
• Edward Hargraves
• Bernard Holtermann
• Peter Lalor
• CY O’Connor
• Henry Handel Richardson
• Quong Tart
MAPS:
• Gold rushes in Australia
• Gold fields water supply scheme WA
WEBSITES:
• Gold rushes – National Museum of Australia
WORKSHEET:
• Gold rushes in Australia
eBOOKS: (for subscribers only)
• Federation of Australia
DISCOVER
ARTICLES:
• Gold rushes in Australia
• Eureka Stockade
• Welcome Stranger
• Ballarat
• Bathurst
• Bendigo
• Cairns
• Forbes
• Hill End
• Kalgoorlie
• Kimberley
• Orange
• Palmer River gold field
• Parkes
• Rockhampton
Important People:
• David Carnegie
• Edward Hargraves
• Bernard Holtermann
• Peter Lalor
• Quong Tart
TIMELINES:
• Gold rushes in Australia
MEDIA:
• A miner panning for gold in Victoria
• Chinese gold miners
• Cradle to separate gold from the soil
• Eureka Stockade
• Gold license issued during the 1850’s gold rush in Victoria
• Gold mine in Western Australia
• Gold miners in the 1870’s
• Gold mining in Australia
• Gold nuggets from the Star of Hope mine in Hill End
• Holtermann Nugget
Important People:
• David Carnegie
• Edward Hargraves
• Bernard Holtermann
• Peter Lalor
• Quong Tart
MAPS:
• Gold rushes in Australia
• Gold fields water supply scheme WA
WORKSHEET:
• Gold rushes in Australia – simplified article
• Gold rushes in Australia – detailed article
eBOOKS: (for subscribers only)
• Federation of Australia