This document contains several passages about the Australian gold rush: 1) It describes how gold panning works and encourages taking notes on the procedural instructions. 2) It discusses how Chinese miners were viewed with resentment by other miners, despite all being newcomers to Australia. 3) One passage is a first-person account from a miner during the Battle of the Eureka Stockade, where he is shot and becomes a wanted man after stealing money and a horse. 4) It asks who said the quote "We swear by the Southern Cross to stand truly by each other and fight to defend our rights and liberties“ and when they said it, requesting a short biography of this historical figure

1. EUREKA! I’M RICH

2. STRIKE IT LUCKY
Gold has been something people have
desired for thousands of years. Click on the
gold nugget to see a movie about King
Midas.. Now complete the sheet on the story.

3. HOW TO PAN IN EASY STEPS!
Gold Panning can be a tricky business! When you click on the picture
of the gold pan (above), you will meet Digger Matt who will explain to
you how to find gold using the pan. Make sure you take notes because
you will then complete the procedural instruction sheet on how to pan .

4. UNWELCOME DIGGERS????
Click each picture and you will read information on the Chinese during the gold
rush. Other miners were resentful of the Chinese even though they were new to
Australia themselves.
A traveller in 1854 described a group of Chinese:
"...between six and seven hundred coming overland from Adelaide. They had four wagons
carrying their sick, lame and provisions. They were all walking single file, each one with a pole
and two baskets. They stretched for over two miles in procession. I was half and hour passing
them …everyone behind seemed to be yabbering to his mate in front in a sing-song tone"

5. GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY
Henry Seekamp, the editor of the
Ballarat Times was a very influential
person in Ballarat and wrote many
articles about the miners’ struggle. The
pictures show Bentley’s Hotel burning.
Which side do you think Henry
Seekamp would have been on –the
government or the miners. Write an
article from what you think would
have been Seekamp’s view. Make a
headline using newspaper letters to
add to the article.
Make sure you carefully research what
“Peter Lalor was the
happened at Bentley’s hotel and
sword of the include important facts about the
movement, my
husband was the event.
pen”.– Lara Seekamp

6. It was Sunday December 3rd and the night was dark and
still. We lay in our tents not thinking that anything would
happen. Many of my friends had left the stockade for the
night so there were only about 200 of us left. We did not
expect trouble, even though we had burnt our licences
and sworn allegiance to a new flag.
Without warning the soldiers attacked. We grabbed our
rifles and ran to the stockade walls but the soldiers were
already storming over the wooden barricades. I fired in
the direction of the closest soldier but missed. The next
minute I felt a sharp pain in my leg. I had been shot in my
knee so I dragged myself under a fallen tent to hide.
After 20 minutes the battle was over and 22 diggers and
5 soldiers lay dead. I quietly crawled to the edge of the
stockade and crept under the wall. I stole the nearest
horse and headed for a doctor to fix my leg which by
now was completely covered in blood. The doctor
cleaned my wound and while he wasn’t looking I stole
some money that had been lying on the table. One day I
was a miner searching for gold. Now I was a WANTED
man!
Use the photocopied wanted poster to make one about
yourself using the information in the passage. Either draw
yourself or print a picture from the network.

7. "We swear by the
Southern Cross to
stand truly by each
other and fight to
defend our rights and
liberties“
Who said this statement? When did they use those words? Write a short
biography of this famous historical figure in a word document using your
own words. Gather important information using a variety of on-line
sources. When you have completed it, glue it in your inquiry book with a
suitable picture.