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The chinese people went all over the world looking for their fortune on the goldfields. In Australia they went to Ballarat, Western Australia and Queensland. But in places like U.S.A, Canada and Australia the Chinese were treated very badly by European Setterlers, basically because they looked different, dressed differently, could not speak english and had strange rfood. Sometimes they were bashed, or shot just for being different, but like everybody else they stayed, because they thought they might get rich

Gold Contract Variety
I like the Tom Roberts painting, "Panning for gold". It shows a gold prospector bent over in a stream holding his pan, and looking for gold. His face worried, it looks like there may not have been any gold in his pan, and he does not know what to say to his wife. His clothes are old in the painting, I don't think he has had much luck in the goldfields.

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 *  Lewis Lasseter was born at Bangamy in the Victorian goldfields on the 27th September 1880.
 * When he was seventeen, Lasseter travelled from Cairns in northern Queensland where he had been working on coastal steamers, to Alice Springs in the Northern Territory.
 * The maps at that time showed the Macdonnell Ranges at Alice Springs extended west to the west coast of Australia, so Lasseter decided to travel west. following the range to the coast to find work. He soon discovered the maps to be very wrong! The mountains gave way to huge expanses of desert, waterholes were difficult to find, and to feed his horses was extremely difficult.
 * It was around this time when Lasseter discovered a large gold bearing quartz reef.
 * He took samples from it and noted its position relative to surrounding landmarks.
 * He continued on but his horses eventually died and he was on foot and close to death when he was saved by a passing Afghan camel driver.
 *  Lasseter was taken to the base camp of a surveyor named Harding and once he had regained his strength, Lasseter showed Harding his samples and told him of his find.
 * Harding wanted Lasseter to take him back to the reef but Lasseter refused due to the ordeal he had been through. They agreed to return at a later time.
 * Three years later Lasseter and Harding returned to the area to relocate the reef.
 * After considerable time and effort they located the reef. They took bearings to accurately locate its latitude & longitude and collected numerous samples.
 * It was seventeen years later before Lasseter made another attempt to relocate his reef. During the previous years he had first lived in America for eleven years
 * It was not until 1930 that Lasseter got the opportunity to once again search for his reef. During the late 20's he wrote numerous times to the Government in Canberra telling them of the discovery he had made in Central Australia.
 * Lasseter gatherd up a few men and horses and set out for his reef. They also sent a plane out to see if the plane could find the reef but the plane unfortunatley crashed and the pilot was badly wounded. On the way to the reef the men that he had come with were starting to think he was nuts and they left him. So lasseter decided to go back but one of the horses bolted on him and he was now starving to death and the only way out was the 100 mile walk back to the airfield but lasseter got 30 miles and died in a cave alone and sad.

Write an A-Z list on gold rush words
A.ustralian Gold Rush B.allarat C.alifornia D.igging for gold E.dward Hargraves F.inding gold G.old digging is damadging the environment H.eavy gold I.ngot J.enny wheel Jhon Deason James McBrien K.algoolie Klondike gold rush (Alaska). L.ucky strike, Lasseter's Reef M.ining for gold N.ew South Wales O.MG I've found gold, P.eter Lalor Paddy Hannas Q.ueing up for a gold license (hope I get one) R.ichard Oates S.haft T.rouble in gold towns/ people fighting over gold mining rights U.nder ground mining V.aluable gold W.hite gold Y.ellow gold X. marks the spot dig here Z.zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz what miners tried to do after a hard days work

How is gold like your mum?
Well my mum is gold because she is the rock of the family the thing that keeps the family unit running without her there our family would not be complete. My mum is also priceless nothing can replace her. My mum to me is gold!. She is special.

Writing
I strongly and frimly believe that schools should use laptops in schools because when teachers start to read bookwork sometimes they can barely read it beacause the bookwork is so extremely messy. To add on you can add pictures to your bookwork but when your on the computer it is alot easier to copy and paste images onto your document. Futhermore while your doing your work you can listen to music from your ipod or your Usb stick. C'mon people lets get it real and use our computers in class.

I totally disagree with the idea of having computers in our classrooms. Initally all children should learn how to write with their hands just not always typing on a computer. To add on when your doing bookwork you can be creative and draw in it. Futhermore bringing your laptop to school can be a huge risk you could lose it, damage it or even break it and that laptop may be your mum or dads so you will be in big trouble if you lose it. I firmly believe laptops should not be in schools for the reasons i have just listed.

Group interactions/ Simulations
[|http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~garter1/eureka.htm] [|3rd of December 1854]

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Miners were frustrated and infuriated that they had to pay 30 shillings a week or every month to pay for their gold licenses so on the morning of December 3rd 150 miners stood in defence against the goverenment. Under the flag of the Victorian Republic. These men stood united against 2 regiments (500 men) of the english army. These two regiments went under the names of the 12th foot east sullfock regiment and the 40th foot second Somersethire regiment. A leader of the miners was badly wounded and had to go into hiding.

In the end miners got what they wanted and didn't have to pay as much for a gold license.

Diary Entry of a gold miner
====Day 1 Monday: Geez it was a tough day on the goldfields today. I not really sure that i want to go back to my old life being a blacksmith or i should stay here and see if i strike it rich. if i do strike it rich i will be stop working and live a very happy life not working and doing what i want.====

====Day 2 Tuesday: I saw one of my friends find a nugget he started dancing around and he was really happy im really jealous but i am also glad for him though, i hope nobody steals his nugget. Yesterday i went out and bought myself some new tools because old ones were getting a bit blunt and rusty.====

====Day 3 Wednesday: Yay thank goodness i finally found a gold nuggett praise the lord. The big new tools really helped i was banging away at this rock and it finally split open and i found a massive nuggett, I am extremely happy i caan't wait to go into retirement, it all sounds to good to be true but i already pinched myself and i aint dreaming its the real deal Yay im goanna be living it large.==== **__ Gold __**

Gold is a chemical element which is dense, soft and shiny. Pure gold is a bright shiny yellow. Gold has and will be considered a very valuable piece of jewelry. A total of 165,000 tonnes has been dug in human history. Gold Australia before 1851 was a dangerous commodity. The California gold rush attracted people from all over the world the wild west of America. Gold has been since the 1830s.

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Fast Facts on Gold
1. What is Gold? Gold is yellow and an extremely valued peice of metal. One ounce of pure gold can cover 300 square feet. Gold is an execellent conductor of electricity and heat.

2. Where is Gold found? Gold is found generally all over the world but gold is mainly found in South Africa, America and China. In the 1970s gold mining in South Africa was a booming trade.

3. When did the gold rush begin? The discovery of Gold offically started at Ophir not very far away from Bathurst New South Wales in May 1851. This was a tentative start to the gold rush.

4. Who are some famous gold diggers? Edward Hargraves, Paddy Hanna's, Jhon Sutter, Jhon Deason, Richard Oates.

5. How do we find Gold? Gold comes from mines diggers go into mines and dig with pic axes for gold and diamonds.

6. Is Gold found in other places than Australia? Yes gold is found in other places than Australia gold is found all over the world mainly in South Africa, China and America.

7. How much is gold worth? It is actually really hard to tell because the gold price can go up and down daily but i will give you todays offer $1591US ($1483AUS) dollars per ounce.

8.What does Gold look like? Gold comes many different colours shapes and sizes. Gold found in the ground is reffered to as a nugget. Gold can be white, rose and yellow in colour.

9.Why do people like Gold? People like gold because if they find a couple of ounces of gold it will make you very rich, It looks very nice, It is very valuable.

10. How do we dig for gold? People lay out mines and dig for gold with pic axes and hire people so they have more chance of finding gold.

11. Who was the first person to find gold in Australia? Perhaps we will really never know the answer but i have found some people who have found some gold way back in the early days James McBrien reporting to find gold near Bathurst 1823 NSW. Also Reverend WB Clark found gold near Lithgow in 1941.

12. Where might we find gold in Australia? Gold is found in Rocks and under the ground. Also people dig for gold in a specific area and these specific areas are called mines.

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