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They provided the miners with goods and services, or worked for the government as supervisors, police and administrators. Or they might have been families of miners and the others.
Many people were businessmen, such as the grocer, local shopkeeper, baker, butcher, blacksmith - all these trades were vital for the success of the goldfields. After the initial rush, there were Chinese market gardeners who supplied fresh food for the people of the towns that had begun growing up around the goldfields.
After the goldrushes, many of the miners settled into other occupations.
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What did a miner need on the goldfields?
Money
What is a miner's license?
WHAT IS A MINER'S LICENCEA miner's licence is a licence when a miner has to get so he can dig.If he was caught he has to spend a lot of time in jail. A miner's licence lasted 1 month, and the cost of it was 30 shillings but then it turned into 1 pound.
What was in the goldfields in Australia?
Goldfields were crowded and typically featured diggings close to each other, with each miner having a claim that was only about 3m by 3m in area. Goldfields were always alongside a creek or river, while traders and tradesmen's shops were not far away. Goldfields would usually have at least a merchant, a blacksmith and a hotel.
How did most people die on the goldfields and did they have a cure?
Giant evil mutant hippos came too goldfields too find gold. But people were scared and the hippos were hungry so the hippos ate all the miner's. This was erased from all history but was recently discovered by a scientist. And there cure... Run around in circles screaming. (This is bizzare but all true)
How many people migrated to the California goldfields?
230'000 Cinese people to the California goldfields
What school do you go to be a miner?
there wernt many schools or teachers in the goldfields most wernt tort in school most tort by parents
How did people get on the goldfields?
The most common method for people to get to the goldfields was by walking. Horseback and coachline were two other common methods.
How did people on the goldfields get there?
The most common method for people to get to the goldfields was by walking. Horseback and coachline were two other common methods.
How would a miner have got to Victoria from the Californian Goldfields?
The only way to get to Victoria from the Californian goldfields was by ship. The ship was come in to port at Melbourne, in Port Phillip Bay, and from there it was a matter of walking, taking a coach (after 1854) or hitching a ride with someone with a horse and sulky.
What did people live in at the goldfields?
tents
What were the three main routes to get to the goldfields of California?
Three ways in which people would get to the goldfields were walking, horseback or horse and cart.
What did Chinese people play on the goldfields?
they were panners
