IN YOUR INTEGRATED STUDIES BOOK

• Whole class activity/discussion: push and pull factors.
• Fill out the map of Victoria, showing the significant places relating to the Gold Rush.
• Create a timeline of the Gold Rush in your book. Be as artistic and creative as possible. Feel free to print off small pictures to go with your timeline.

Activity - You're a Digger!

Imagine you are someone leaving Britain or China to sail to the Australian goldfields in the 1850s.

Create your character using the following list as a guide (record some brief responses to these questions in your book).

• Decide on who you are – man, woman or child?
• Give yourself a name.
• Decide what area of Britain (England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales), Europe, America or China you are from.
• Find out which were the ports, in your country, that people sailed from in the 1850s and decide which port you will be leaving from.
• Are you rich or poor?
• Why are you leaving?
• What do you hope to find in Australia?
• What do you plan to do if you find gold?
• Describe (or draw) your ship.
• What is the name of your ship?
• What date do you sail?

Letter Writing Task: Imagine you have just arrived on the Ballarat goldfields. Write a letter home, telling your mother or father about the journey and include a rough map.

Above activity couresty of: http://education.sovereignhill.com.au/

Tip: read through the file below to find out more information about why/how people made the trip to Australia during the Gold Rush. The information should help you pick someone.

EUREKA STOCKADE

Select TWO or more tasks from below to complete:

• What is the Eureka Stockade? Explain what happened.
• Where did the Eureka Stockade take place? Show using maps.
• How has the Eureka Stockade contributed to democracy in Australia?
• Riot or revolution? What is your perspective? Explain your thinking by referring to key facts and details and showing your ideas in a detailed manner.
• What does the Eureka flag look like and what does it symbolise?
• What made the miners feel that they were being treated unfairly?

Each group will investigate one of the topics below in detail. Groups can determine how they would like to present the information. Some ideas: Google docs, Google slides, paper and cardboard or iMovie.

Topics:

1. Impact of Gold Rush on Indigenous population
2. Multicultural Goldfields and feelings towards the Chinese
3. Arts, Culture and Entertainment on the Goldfields
4. Law and Order on the Goldfields
5. Science and technology of mining for gold
6. Economy and Infrastructure
7. Environmental Impacts

Tips:

• The best place to start is on this website!
• Put information into your own words
• If you don't understand something, investigate further OR don't include it.
• Research definitions of words you don't understand or words you think your classmates might not be familiar with.
• Be creative in the presentation of your work. Be interactive. Create an online quiz or kahoot for your classmates to complete.