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__ Websites you can use in your research __ Following is a list of web sites you can use to help you with your research. Make sure you scroll down to the bottom of the page to see the last one, which is a link to Mrs Ramrakha's Delicious page. Gold Rush Interactive Use this link to learn about the gold rush in general. Have a look at the link "About the Gold Rush" to learn about how many **Chinese** and people from America people came to Australia. Click on "Where's the gold?" to learn about where you might set your blog entry. This site is fun and it is a great way to get a general feel for life during the gold rush.

Kidcyber This link has easy to follow information.It gives you a general introduction to what life was like on the goldfields. The second paragraph deals with what their houses were like; the third paragraph talks about law and order and the third is about what food they ate. Remember, this information can be used for the groups doing **women**, **children**, **bushrangers**, and **miners**.

Kidcyber -Women This article discusses women's work in the home and as an entertainer. It talks about how Margaret Kennedy found the Bendigo goldfield. Remember, if you use this source, the citation is at the bottom to put into your reference list. If you do this, don't forget to include the date you accessed the site.

Chinese at the Australian Goldfields This site starts by talking about how the Chinese men got money to leave China. It was a long and dangerous trip and it took a long time. Use the information in the second paragraph to enter information into your table about food and work. Look at the pictures to learn about how they dressed (clothing). The third paragraph talks about the racism that the Chinese experienced. The fourth paragraph fits in with the topic of **law and order.** It talks about the taxes they had to pay that no other racial group was asked to pay. Skwirk This site discusses how the lifestyle of the **Aboriginal** people was affected by the coming of the white people.In the section called "Opportunity" it talks about how the Aborigines helped with the shipment of gold. Scan through the section titled "Effects of white settlement" to learn about how badly the indigenous people were treated by some of the miners.

[|Life on the goldfields] Use the pictures from this link to get an idea of what a real goldfield looked like during the gold rush of the 1850's. Read the diary entries to see how a **miner** actually lived and wrote during that time. The first picture shows how crowded it must have been and how many tunnels were dug. [|Primefacts] These factsheets are useful for those who are doing research on **business people, children**, **miners** and **bushrangers** especially. We will read them first in class so to help you know where to look for information. It is best to look at the Kidcyber site first before reading the factsheets as they are more challenging to read. Make sure you scan the page first and look at the headings so that you know where to find the information you are looking for. Then, read the __first line in the paragraph__ to help you know if that part of the text will be useful to you. This site has Mrs Ramrakha's bookmarks for any sites she thinks might be useful to somepne learning about the gold rush in Australia. The Coppacobana and the Lake Mummorah PS sites have lots of useful websites that you might need when learning about other aspects of the gold rush. The Goldfields Pictures site has a photograph taken during the goldrush. Take a good look at it and see what tools you can see and how simple their life style really was. . More information can be found in the eGold source on how i**ndigenous people** were affected by the gold rush.