Life On The Goldfields By Lauren & Marco
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The document discusses life on the Australian goldfields in the 19th century. It describes some of the basic living conditions, including temporary shelters like tents, work activities like mining and household tasks, and clothing worn by miners which was loose-fitting and made from durable materials. It also outlines aspects of daily life such as transportation methods, common foods like damper and mutton, sources of water and entertainment activities. Education for children was provided in large tents used as makeshift classrooms.
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- 1. Life On The Goldfields By Lauren and Marco
- 2. Contents • Housing • Work • Clothing • Transport • Food and Water • Leisure • Education
- 3. housing • Some of the shelters they used were usually tents, and shopkeepers and blacksmiths sometimes owned a small house or shed.
- 4. work • Most of the people on the goldfields were men. • A lot of them were bachelors but many did not think the rough diggings were a good place for women to live. • But, from the beginning, there were women who went to the goldfields with their husbands, brothers or friends. • On the diggings women worked as hard as the men, washing, cooking, chopping wood and helping with the search for gold as well.
- 5. Clothing • The men on the gold fields wore loose-fitting, comfortable clothes. They had long trousers held up with a belt, rope or braces. They usually wore longer sleeved shirts if they were out in the sun, or sometimes they would take off their shirts when the heat became unbearable. • The miners' clothing depended on their country. Standard clothing for many of Europeans was just loose- fitting trousers and shirt, with strong boots. The Chinese wore the clothing of their culture. Many times, miners' clothing may have become quite threadbare, they could not afford new clothing because tailors and other suppliers of clothing would charge over-inflated prices.
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- 7. food and water • Damper was commonly eaten by people on the goldfields. Mutton was another common food eaten on the goldfields, but mutton only lasted eight days because there was no refrigeration on the goldfields. • If you wanted to have a drink of water you would have to boil it because the water on the goldfields was not very clean, so because they had boiled the water they thought that they may as well have a cup of tea.
- 8. leisure • One of the very common games was quoits, which was a few rings of iron or rope that was thrown onto a small pole or post. • Marbles was another game played by many children.
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