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The gold rush

Teacher guide The gold rush

TLF ID M021668

This collection of 5 activities explores life on the NSW and Victorian goldfields in the 1850's. Using primary sources from the State Library of NSW's collection (diaries, artwork and a satirical cartoon), students investigate the everyday activities of the gold sush. Read an eyewitness account of the first gold escort and investigate William Essington King's gold miners tent.

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Educational details

Year level

5

Topics Aboriginal history Migration Maps (Geographic location) Data representation Data collection Colonies Gold rushes Prospecting Information retrieval Torres Strait Islander history Chronological order Significant people Historical sources
Learning area
  • Humanities and social sciences
  • History

Other details

Contributors
  • Contributor
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Copyright Holder
  • Name: State Library of NSW
  • Organization: State Library of NSW
  • Address: NSW, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.sl.nsw.gov.au
  • Publisher
  • Name: State Library of NSW
  • Organization: State Library of NSW
  • Description: Publisher
  • Address: NSW, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: State Library of NSW
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
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Learning Resource Type
  • Online
  • Text
Rights
  • © 2017 State Library of NSW. This material may be used in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) licence https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.