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Watch: the clip of The Growth of Australian colonies
As you watch the video think about how and why the Australian colonies grew in the way that they did.
Duration: 2:56 min
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Click on the image above to watch clips on aspects of life in the Australian colonies
Watch: The Gold Rush Duration: 4:45 min Who, when, where and why did people come to Australia for gold?
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Find primary sources here in the National Library of Australia - including finding newspaper articles, maps, photographs, manuscripts, for example
Above is a selection of books available in the library. Click on the book cover to discover about the book.
Check the catalogue for other books.
The Victorian Goldfields: Historic Places The Goldfields World Heritage resource
Excerpts: Victorian Gold Rush 1850s - 1890s Learn how Melbourne was transformed thanks to the Victorian goldfields
The incredible discovery which sparked the Ballarat gold rush
Victorian gold rush: the true story of the Bendigo miners Bendigo is literally built on rivers of gold.
Aboriginal Perspectives from the Victorian goldfields Victorian Aboriginal Education Association resource
Aborigines and the Victorian goldrush State Library Victoria resource
eGold: A nation's heritage Indigenous Peoples: Overview
First peoples and the gold rush Old Treasury Building resource
Gold rush brings more people to Victoria The ‘discovery’ of gold in Victoria in 1851 significantly changed the way the colony functioned. While gold had already been found a few times by colonists it had been hidden from the public in fear that a mutiny would occur if the convicts were to know they had gold within reach.
Turning points in history ACU resouce
Indigenous stories from the goldfields Sovereign Hill resource
The Wadawarrung people and the gold rush The Eureka Centre
What was life like during the Australian Gold Rush? weebly