GoldSBS Gold This site has a lot of information. Explore the links to find out about sport, music or food on the goldfields. Other topics include Aborigines, Chinese immigrants and damage to the environment.
Australian Government: Australian Gold Rush
This site fits the gold rush into the history of Australia, and shows how the discovery of gold changed our population, our laws and our attitudes. State Library of Victoria
Victoria became very wealthy from the gold that was mined, especially in Ballarat and Bendigo. Gold is still mined in this area. This site gives a lot of good information about the history of gold mining in Victoria.Use the menu buttons on the left to expand and find more about Golden Victoria. |
Australian History: Gold
This site has a good overview of the history of Australia. There are five pages about the gold rushes. Mogo Gold Rush Colony
This theme park shows what a gold mining town was like. Gold was found at Mogo on the NSW south coast. This link takes you to some good general information about life on the gold fields for miners, women and children. Gold -Jenny Cottle
This site has been developed by a teacher. She has links to many other sites. Most of them work, but some will not work at school. There are some interesting documents in the NSW State Library Collection - look at the links that start with http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/history_nation/ How did towns grow and change during the gold rush?Click here to view illustrations from a book published in 1887 about the history of Ballarat. You can see how quickly the place became a big, wealthy town.
Remember that useful sites like KidCyber and Encyclopedia Britannica will also have information about gold. (You can use your Campbelltown library card to access the Encyclopedia Britannica online.)
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Eureka Stockade
To read a simple description of what the Eureka Stockade was about, look here: Simple English Eureka Stockade. The State Library of Victoria tells why the rebellion happened, in Eureka Stockade. Remember to explore the links on the right hand side. Here is a Timeline of Events at Eureka. There are a few errors and words omitted, but it is a useful document. There is another picture worth looking at. Eureka Stockade by B. Ireland. It was painted more than 30 years after the Rebellion, but it has a lot of interesting details. Zoom in and have a close look. As only a part of the goldfield was barricaded, there are miners tents inside and outside. Peter Lalor's Bakery hill speech. This is a 15 minute audio program about the speech that encouraged miners to protest about their rights. |
Battle of the Eureka Stockade. J. B. Henderson [1834] Watercolour
Artist John Black Henderson (1827-1918) migrated to Australia in 1851. He worked on the Ballarat goldfields for several months, then joined the Victorian Government Survey Office as a surveyor. By 1877 Henderson was in Sydney and worked in the Colonial Architect's Office until 1903. A note on the back of the picture says: "The artist was on the spot a few hours after the riot. The uniforms of the soldiers and the dress of the miners are correctly portrayed". |