Gold & Bushrangers
| Gold in Australia - Geoscience Australia's Education Factsheet on Aussie Gold Rushes | Eureka! Journals of a Gold Rush - Created for Year 5 Queensland students |
| Sovereign Hill - Information, activities, & an education service. | Sovereign Hill Education Service - Information, maps, activities, & goldfields graphics. |
| Sovereign Hill - photo gallery | Gold 150 |
| Year 6 Gold Links | The Gold Rush |
| Gold! Gold! Gold! - Created for Year 5 & 6 NSW students | Life on the Goldfields - A State Library of Victoria virtual exhibition. |
| The Aussie Gold Prospector - Information not only on history, but on gold prospecting today. | The Eureka Stockade - a resource from the Education Centre of the State Library of Victoria about the Eureka Stockade. |
| Gold Institute - Gold facts | Gold Rush Theme Park -Old Mogo Town |
| The Perth Mint | Gold Mindmap |
| The First Payable Goldfield Found in Australia (OPHIR) | SBS Gold Rush site |
The following links are taken from the SBS website on the Australian Gold Rush
| The immigration rush Hundreds and thousands of hopeful diggers rushed to Australia and transformed the population. |
Multicultural
gold fields
Diggers from all over the world created Australia's first truly culturally diverse society on the gold fields. |
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The
New Gold Mountain
Thousands of Chinese headed to Australia in search of fortune. |
Fear
of the Chinese
More than any other cultural group, the Chinese were singled out and despised on the gold fields. |
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Stereotyping
the Chinese
Racist stereotypes fueled the European diggers' sense of superiority. |
Anti-Chinese
riots and rorts
Fear and hatred of the Chinese soon escalated to violence. |
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Restrictive
immigration Acts
Colonial authorities introduce legislation to control Chinese migration. |
The
walk from Robe
Unable to land in Victorian ports in any great numbers, the Chinese travelled hundreds of miles overland from South Australia to the diggings in Victoria. |
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Mining
Aboriginal lands
The gold rush was another battle in the continuing war against Aboriginal culture. |
Images
of Aboriginality
Many diggers held low opinions of the Indigenous Australians but others, based on more positive relationships, thought highly of the Aboriginal race and culture. |
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Opportunities
for Aborigines
Indigenous Australians did not stand idly by as the gold rush erupted around them. Many made the most of opportunities for trade, jobs and knowledge. |
The
Native Police Corps
Perhaps the most significant contribution Indigenous Australians made to the gold rush was as policemen in the Native Police Corps. |
Bushrangers
| The Dictionary Of Australian Bushrangers | Bailup - the
'Kelly Story' It is designed to debunk Ned Kelly myths. |
| Australian Bushrangers | Bushranger Biographies |
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Last updated : April 27, 2006