E 2019 3:41
Read, sing and learn about key dates, events, and figures associated with the discovery of gold in Australia, as well as some of the hardships and frustrations experienced by gold diggers and their families.
G. 2019. 4:50
How did the Australian gold rush begin in 1851? Who kicked it off? Where did it occur, and why is gold so valuable?
G 2019. 4:52
Life on the goldfields wasn't as easy as some thought when they arrived off the boats to begin their luck at gold mining!
G. 2019. 5:31
The gold rush began just over 60 years after Europeans arrived to Australia, but how did this decade transform the cultural, political, environmental, and economic threads of the nation?
G. 2019. 5:17
The democracy all Australians enjoy today began at the goldfields, but how? Ronan guides students through the events that led up to the Eureka Stockade at Bakery Hill in Ballarat.