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Australian Gold Rush

A collection of Australian Gold Rush teaching resources to use in the classroom when learning about life on the Australian goldfields. This collection includes a variety of posters, worksheets, word walls, activities and worksheets.

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Australian Gold Rush: Native Police Venn Diagram – Template

A Venn diagram template designed to allow students to compare and contrast the pros and cons of Indigenous peoples helping miners and the establishment of the Native Police Force during the Australian Gold Rush.

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Celebrating Family Ties – Template

A template students can use to reflect on immigration to Australia while researching their own family ancestry.

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Gold Miners’ Bulletin – Project

A creative writing newspaper project in which students design and write the front page of an imagined newspaper from the Australian Gold Rush era.

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Australian Gold Rush: Living Wax Museum – Project

An inquiry project in which students research personalities from the Australian Gold Rush and portray them as part of a Living Wax Museum.

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Australian Gold Rush: Eureka Stockade Still Frame – Worksheet

A worksheet that enables students to design and share a story using still frame images.

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Australian Gold Mines: Y-Chart – Template

A Y-chart template students can use to reflect on what working on the goldfields looked like, sounded like and felt like.

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Australian Gold Rush Unit Plan

This Australian Gold Rush unit investigates the historical discovery of Australia’s Gold Rush period, from the mid-to-late 1800s. Ideas include the discovery of gold, mining lifestyle, wealth and success, social consequences, and how these shaped the Australia we live in today.

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Primary School teaching resources related to

Australian Gold Rush

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Australian Gold Rush: Native Police Venn Diagram – Template

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Celebrating Family Ties – Template

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Gold Miners’ Bulletin – Project

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Australian Gold Rush: Living Wax Museum – Project

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Australian Gold Rush: Eureka Stockade Still Frame – Worksheet

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Australian Gold Mines: Y-Chart – Template

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Australian Gold Rush Unit Plan