Take yourself back to the Ballarat goldfields of 1865 and mine for gold. Your mission is to use limited financial resources to select and buy food, shelter and other requirements related to gold mining at the time to complete a successful dig. National Museum of Australia site.

eGold! A Nation's Heritage - electronic encyclopedia of gold in Australia.

Gold! Gold! Its properties & uses - from Sovereign Hill research notes

Observations about Gold - from Old Mogo Town research notes.

Mining Techniques

The Road to the Diggings - getting to the Gold Fields

New Chums & new arrivals

• Travelling 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

• Women and Families on the Goldfields

• 1850's school life

• Law & Order on the Goldfields

The Great Australian Gold Rush - simple, easy-to-read information about gold in Australia.

1850's Goldrush Overview - from Old Mogo Town education notes.

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

Entertainment on the Gold Fields

Gold - Explore the impact of the gold rushes on Australia and uncover the stories of the diggers at SBS GOLD! Includes an interactive map.

More Difficult Information

Research notes  - for secondary students about the Ballarat Goldfields.

Gold Information pack for teachers - this pdf has great information on minorities on the goldfields

The Eureka Rebellion - from Sovereign Hill research notes.

Conflict - Australian Gold Exhibition. 

Photo Gallery of Goldfields Life

Eureka Flag

Golden quotes - read what people wrote about life on the Ballarat Goldfields from the Sovereign Hill site

Bushranger FAQ's

Australia's famous bushrangers - from Ned Kelly World.

Australian Bushrangers - A research project by year 5 and 6 students at Herberton State Primary School 1997

For Teachers

• Bushrangers - Clickable Worksheet - 

• Bushrangers - CAP Online Research module for Stage 2

The Discovery of Australian Gold: A series of web-based activities for middle-school students

Gold! - Easy Clickable worksheet 

Gold 4 - Clickable Worksheet

Gold! Gold! Gold! - NSW CAP Online Research Module.

Gold Information pack for teachers