Life on the Goldfields
What did the diggers live in?
Most diggers lived in tents
When was gold discovered in Australia?
1851
What was the Eureka Stockade?
A Rebellion
How big were the mining claims? (By feet)
8 by 8 Feet or 12 by 12 Feet
What was the name of the person who first discovered gold?
Edward Hargraves
What date did the Eureka Stockade Occur?
November 1854
Which foreign group of miners was not welcomed by the European miners?
The Chinese
Gold was discovered in Australia previously but it was kept quiet by the government. Why?
They did not want the convicts and settlers to leave their colonies to mine.
How many miners/diggers were killed in the Eureka Stockade?
30 miners
How much tax money did the chinese group have to pay to be allowed into the country?
10 pounds
What problems did they face if they traveled by ship?
It was overcrowded. There was no fresh food.
What tools were most commonly used to mine for Gold?
Wide tin pan, shovels and pick-axes
How much did the miners have to pay for a gold licence.
30 shillings
What was the main reason behind the Eureka Stockade Rebellion?
The miners were angry with the way the colonial government was administering the goldfields or they were unhappy about the high fees for mining licences
What did the Chinese people face when they arrived in Australia for the gold rush?
Discrimination, racism and unfair treatment
So many people arrived in Australia to stay for their search of gold, that there was __________________________?
nowhere for them to stay/ overcrowding
Typhoid
What happened to diggers who did not have a gold licence and were caught mining?
If diggers were unable to produce their licence, police would drag the miners to prison or chained them to trees.
What was the name of the leader of the protest?
Peter Lalor
Describe the mining technique used by the Chinese that angered the European miners.
They would go back over to abandoned mining claims and rework them and were often successful in finding quantities of Gold
How long (in months) did it take on the ship to reach Australia from Europe?
5 months