life on the gold fields
stage 3 gold rush
introdution
during the gold rush in order to search for gold people had to have a claim and a licence to look for gold. a claim was an area of land that was 3.6 meaters.often two or three people sheared a claim.
the different types of minning
alluvial gold is found lying on the bottom of the river. pannings and the californion rocking cradel were used to find alluvial gold.reef gold is found in rock. whene shafts go over 40 meaters the windlass was replaced by a whip or whim.
stage 3 gold rush
panning
panning was a simple technique used to find alluvial gold.
californian rocking craddle
the craddle was a large wooden tool used to wash through the large amounts of soil gravel and sand.
sharft minning
when working in a sharft mine the 1st miner would be down in the mine the 2nd miner would be at the top and would be using the windlass to bring up the bucket. the miners used a pick and a shovel.
gold fields
life on the gold fields
wene the gold rush began lots of people left ther job to find a fotrtune on the gold fields as a result the shops closed down as there was no one left in town. when miners first came to the gold fields they lived in tents. the miners would sleep on make shift beds witch were stuffed with leaves. out side they would have a bucket a fire and something special to mark ther tent. there diet conciderd of mutton damper and tea.
wommen on the gold field
many white australian and european wommen found freedome on the gold fields.however the aborigonal wommen sufferd terribly from the time the gold rush started.
the chinesse on the gold fields
by 1855 there were 20000 chinesse diggers in victoria. the chinesseminners set up there camp not like other minersthe chinesse had lunduries,barbers,dinning and gammballing halls pit toillets and vegtable patchers. chinesse camps were mut ch more organised than the other minners.
conclusion
working on the gold fierlds wearnt as esey as thay looked you could get killed for not having a licence.