We have been learning about the gold rush in Australia. We have learnt lots of things about the gold rush such as:
- Near the end of September 1851, there were about 10,000 people digging for gold near ballarat.
- The most popular goldfields were Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie.
- The ophir mine was near a waterhole.
- Gold was valued from $12,00 to $35 .00 an ounce.
- Women did do mining later on in the gold rush and women used to entertain men while they were digging.
- Gold seekers must pay for a licence in order to dig for Gold.
- Food cost a lot because so much people were getting gold.
What interesting facts have you found out so far?
Great post thought it was really good and clear and i think that all people in year five would get what they were saying great post
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I really like your blog post and I learnt allot of new things.
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Hope you like my blog post. It has been really cool learning about the gold rush.
ReplyDeleteA cradle is used to seperate rocks from gold
ReplyDeleteChinese people were rejected from Australia because Australians were jealous that the Chinese people found gold.
ReplyDeleteThere were 10,000 Chinese seekers in the gold rush
ReplyDeleteThey found gold while panning because the gravel was lighter than the gold.
ReplyDeletePuddling is a gold extraction method when the clay is hard the water softens it so the clay will break down and the gold will be at the bottom.
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European miners were angry, because the Chinese miners were mining on their mines. They were so angry that they made a rule that only a limited number of Chinese miners could mine there.
ReplyDeletea circular shaft was used to dig down for the chinese most of the miners at the goldfields used rectangular shaft but the chinese used a circular shaft which was more durable and stronger helping the chinese.
ReplyDeleteMatthew.D
It was really fun I found 5 golden chocolates. Some people found none or one.
ReplyDeleteThomas
The gold was really fun
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