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Learn & Play Gold Rush

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.

Background
The Australian Gold Rush - a good overview from Australia's Culture & Recreation 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 People Who Came to the Goldfields
Gold Fever  - NSW, Vic., & getting to the goldfields. From Australian Gold Exhibition 

The Road to the Diggings - getting to the Gold Fields

New Chums & new arrivals

From Sovereign Hill research notes.

From Sovereign Hill research notes.

Life on the Diggings

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

Eureka Stockade - The Results of the Goldrush

The Eureka Rebellion - from Sovereign Hill research notes.

Conflict - Australian Gold Exhibition. 

Eureka on Trial - timeline of events

Photo Gallery of Goldfields Life

Eureka Flag

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

Bushrangers
The Bushranger Site - everything about Australian bushrangers from the University of New England.

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

For Teachers

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.

Old Mogo Town - 1850's Goldrush Theme Park.

Gold Information pack for teachers


This page updated 29/08/2008 .