Women & Children on the Goldfields
By Mary
Introuduction
Women worked at shops or stayed home. Women were shopkeepers and sold things that you only needed on the goldfields. Martha Glendinning arrived at the goldfields and brought goods and things with her. She worked at the shop with her sister that came with her. Some women stayed at home to cook,clean and make clothes.
Roles And Responsibilties
They made clothes for their childern or their husbands. Some women were entertainers so they could get gold be rich. Then their husbands did not have to work alot.Children went to school but they didnt want to go. They had to go because if they didnt go they would get hit by their family. If they did wrong things at school they could get hit by their teacher. Some parents moved places and children always changed school.
Health
children and education
At the goldfield so many children did not go school in the 1850s and those who did often went to school for nine months or few years. The school was made out of tents. Children didn't go to school beause their parents used to move alot to other places to go goldpanning and more things. When children got sick their wasn't any doctors to help. Did u know that boys have to go to school more often then girls?