Gold miner clothing

Answer 1

The men on the Australian gold fields wore loose-fitting, comfortable clothes. They had long trousers held up with a belt, rope or braces. They tended to wear longer sleeved shirts if they were out in the sun, or sometimes they would strip off their shirts when the heat became unbearable - as it often did.

The miners' clothing depended on their ethnic group. Standard clothing for many of European ethnicity was just loose-fitting trousers and shirt, with strong boots. The Chinese wore the clothing of their culture. Many times, miners' clothing may have become quite threadbare: they could not afford new clothing because tailors and/or other suppliers of clothing would chage over-inflated prices, knowing that the rules of supply and demand would dictate how much they could charge. Miners did not want to leave the prospect of "striking it rich" to take a coach all the way to Sydney or melbourne, so suppliers of goods on the goldfields had a monopoly.

Answer 2

it was nasty and dirty because they were mining all day long 18 out of 24 hours 7 days a week.

Answer 3

To protect their elbows and knees they had knee pads made out of tough leather to protect against the hard surfaces!

Answer 4

weird leather clothes

Answer 5

miners are valueable people