Gold

Gold 150: Celebrating 150 Years of Australian Gold Rush History
http://www.anmm.gov.au/gold150/gold150.htm
Gold 150: Celebrating 150 Years of Australian Gold Rush History. The site includes: The Gold 150 Museum - a collection of images from the Gold-Rush days. The Gold 150 Library. Documents on the Gold-Rush Era and other articles of historical interest. The Gold 150 Magazine - a look at the work-in-progress, education programmes, work by students and by genealogists. Based in Sovereign Hill, Victoria..

Sovereign Hill Education – The Discovery of Gold in Australia
http://www.sovereignhill.com.au/education/notes_sec_discover_print.shtml

Life on the Goldfields
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/slv/exhibitions/goldfields/
A virtual exhibition of life for diggers on Victoria's goldfields in the 1850s. Life on the Goldfields. Material from
the Library's collection illustrates life on the goldfields. Provides information about the Eureka Stockade.

Life on the goldfields Virtual Exhibition State Library of Victoria
Sport
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/slv/exhibitions/goldfields/entertai/sport.htm

Sovereign Hill Education - Life on the Goldfields
http://www.sovereignhill.com.au/education/notes_sec_life_print.shtml

Ballarat Fine Art Gallery Education Service (BFAG),
The BFAG programs cater for students across the curriculum, from Prep. to VCE. Special programs and ‘hands-on’ workshops are offered in conjunction with temporary exhibitions. Ongoing programs relate to the permanent collection of Australian works from colonial times to the present. Programs relating to SOSE include: • Life with the Lindsays, Victorian life incorporating role-plays, arts and entertainment • Gender, Society and the Arts • Ballarat Goldfield history and Eureka Other themes are available. Contact the Education Officer for bookings and price lists.

Chinese Museum
Chinese Australian history, gold discoveries, racism, map of Chinatown in Melbourne. Exhibits, events, hours.

Sovereign Hill Education Service
Sovereign Hill model diggings - recreation of the gold rush days in Ballarat. Australia - history - gold discoveries

Welcome to Sovereign Hill
Image resource for Victorian Goldfields and Gold Towns. Visit Sovereign Hill, Ballarat and relive the goldrush days and the history and excitement of the era.

Cradles, Puddles & Pans
Bendigo Goldfields of the 1850's. Topics include: discovery, mining methods and effects of the discovery.

Chamber of Minerals & Metals of Western Australia
Commodities fact sheets. Mining, processing, properties of metals. Includes aluminium, coal, cobalt, copper, diamonds, gold, iron ore, lead, lithium, manganese, mineral sands, nickel, palladium, petroleum, platinum, salt, silver, tantalum, tin, uranium, zinc.

Perth Mint
Various headings . Other pages on the same site take you to Gold - the story of civilisation, Eureka - A triumph for the diggers, Major gold nugget finds in Australia,
From ore to pour, Gold refining

Goldrush Technology 1850s - 1990s
Australian Geological Survey Organisation Photos and information about the techniques for mining gold in Australia - past and present

Sovereign Hill Education Service
http://www.sovereignhill.com.au/education/notes_sec_mining.shtml

Aussie Gold Prospecting Page
http://www.uq.net.au/~zzdvande/index.html
Information not only on history, but on gold prospecting today.

Gold Downunder
http://www.ga.gov.au/education/minerals/goldfact.html

The Eureka Stockade
Includes The Diggers Take the Oath, Inside the Stockade, Report on the Battle, Military Man Puts His View, Fatality List, The Eureka Flag, Discipline is the Supreme Law in War, History of Ballarat, A Little Terrier, Vern, the Ballaarat rebel, The mines at Ballarat, Serious out break atBallaarat, Riot at Ballarat - movements of the Military, Our Geelong correspondent on the fatal situation, By express - fatal collision at Ballarat, Editorial comment on the state of affairs at Ballarat, Hotham declares martial law at Ballarat, Diggers meet at Bakery Hill
Claims of false imprisonment, Protecting Melbourne against upheaval in Ballarat, Strange occurrence, A petition to abolish the license system, Latest from Ballarat more violent outbreaks, etc.

The Eureka Stockade — Timeline
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/slv/educate/publications/eureka/time.htm

The 1853 Bendigo Goldfields Petition: Historical Context Virtual Exhibition State Library of Victoria
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/slv/exhibitions/goldfields/petition/p_hist.htm

Gold Rush Sesquicentennial
http://www.sesquicentennial.com/
Gold Rush Sesquicentennial. This comprehensive site outlines the gold rush in Caifornia. An interesting site for comparing with the life on the Victorian goldfields. This site includes extensive information on Gold Rush era people, places, and events, with profiles of California's pioneers. Also includes information about visiting Gold Rush historic sites, a Gold Rush quiz, and links to California's historical societies for more information. S: California - gold discoveries


Links maintained by Dianne Ruffles
Last updated 15/3/02