Women & Children on the goldfields
by Israa
Introduction
Roles and responsibility
The women would do alot of things. Some of them would have to stay at home and help their children and husband. They would also do the cleaning ,cooking and do the laundry. If the women didn't stay at home they would either go work at a shop or they would help their husband dig. Another job the women would do was entertain, they would sing and dance to impress the miners and earn some money.
Roles and responsibilities
Health
Education
Health
During the goldfield days women that were pregnant didn't have much help from the doctors because the doctors were too busy helping people that were about to die. Also there were no hospitals for the pregnant women, so the women had to have people by their side.This was why most women didnt survive or had horrible illnesses and deseases. Some of the illnesses such as diptheria, a desease caused by unclean crowded places.
Education
These are the schools that some of the children on the goldfield days used to go to.When children went to school in 1854 the teachers would always change schools if there weren't enough children to teach. In this picture there is about 25 children. Most children at school used to have trouble learning because their parents couldn't afford to pay for their school.