Gold

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Gold

• By Courtney Webber

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Why we all want gold!!!

• You can lots of money out of it.
• You can make many things out of it .
• It is a precious metal that people pay lot a of
  money.

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Gold Fields

• The Chinese people were unlike because they had
  different customs than the European people.
• Because they took the money back to china.
• Also because that they ate dressed and lived
  different then everyone else (Eroupean)

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At the gold fields

• At the gold fields you need
• Gold pan
• Pick
• Axe
• Shovel
• Tent
• Money!! (To buy every thing)
• And a good sense of determination

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South Australia

• William Chapman first discovered gold near
  Adelaide in 1852 . He received a 500 pound reward
  from the S.A government. Soon ten thousand
  prospectors flock to the area. Other finds were
  at the Barossa Valley and Teetulpa, north East
  of Adelaide.

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Cradling

• This method allowed the prospector to work with
  more gravel than a pan. It still needs water to
  help separate the gold from the gravel.

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Keeping gold safe

• Most of the gold mined in 1850s was in the form
  of a gritty dust. The miners had to keep it safe
  and protect it from thieves.
• The first police on the goldfields were
  Aboriginal Australians.
• As more and more people moved to the gold fields
  , more police were needed , special forces called
  THE GOLD POLICE were formed

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Eureka stockade

• The Eureka stockade was caused because the Miners
  Licence price was too high for the men to buy.
• After wards the Licence fees were put back
  twelfth of their former cost.

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What gold has done to A.U.S

• The money changed Australia from a farming
  country to an Industrialised countries
  (factories)
• Problems on the goldfields ,especially at Eureka
  led to an improvement in peoples rights. It
  helped establish the idea of democracy.

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Eureka Facts

• The diggers elected a man called Peter Lalor.
• They built a stockade at Eureka
• They flew the southern cross. (Eureka )
• The people were very proud of the diggers at
  Eureka even though they didnt win the battle ,
  because they had made the license price go down.

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Tasmania

• The goldfields of Tasmania did not experience the
  large numbers of prospectors that were attracted
  to the other Australian fields. The main
  goldfields were of The nook, hisle and
  Beaconsfield. Beaconsfield became the main mining
  centre when a big reef was found in 1878.

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Northern Territory

• The first good find was in 1871 approx. 200km
  South East or Darwin. Several other areas
  produced gold but the biggest problem was lack of
  drinking water. Eight men died before the
  government sank wells

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Victoria

• Ballarat and Bendigo were to become the greatest
  goldfields in Australias history. The rush
  occurs between 1851 and 1860.These years saw
  massive population growth in Australia. These
  years also saw poor treatment of Aboriginals and
  non European immigrants.