Democracy on the Goldfields 1850
Eureka Stockade
Men's On The Goldfields
Most diggers worked from morning till night, six days a week. Sometimes they were lucky and found lots of gold. Often they found very little at all.
Where The People Lived In The Goldfields
The richer people had their own house and poorer people lived in tents or they slept on the ground.
Men's Clothes In The Goldfields
The men's worked all day digging, mining and panning they worked everyday so they can make their fortune.
Food & Drinks On The Goldfields
There was a lot of on the goldfields like damper,mutton,tea,water,patatoes,carrot,beef,chicken,fish ETC.
What Did Womens Do?
Women cooked and washed. Some women sang and danced for the diggers. The womens mostly cooked,did the wash and sometimes dig,mine or pan for gold
Tools They Used On The Goldfields
Shovel
They used sovels to dig.
Pickaxe
They used pickaxes to mine.
Pan
They used backets and pans to find gold in rivers or lakes.