Fresh water was not always a commodity on the goldfields. Many times, all they had was access to creek and river water, which needed to be boiled before drinking. Often, the creeks were used for everything, including washing clothes and bathing.
Most of the women who journeyed to the goldfields were treated very poorly by the gold miners. Many women dressed up as men to keep from being recognized.
Most of the miners were simply Australian. A great number of Chinese also came to the goldfields.
The Australian Miners walked to the goldfields, but they could have used sailing ships, wagons, carts, trains or even riding horseback where the miners would tie the gear to the horse to bring it along!
Yes. Christmas was certainly celebrated on the Victorian goldfields.
The troopers were the policemen who kept law and order on the goldfields.
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C Y O'Connor was an engineer who was famous for building the goldfields pipeline known as the Golden Pipeline. Unlike the goldfields in the east, the western goldfields were dry and arid, and miners lacked access to fresh water. The Golden Pipeline extends 560 km from Mundaring Weir near Perth to Kalgoorlie in the goldfields. It was built during the 1890s.
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Charles Yelverton O'Connor was the engineer who built the pipelineto bring water from Perth to the goldfields in Western Australia.
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.
they where treated like everyine was ashamed of them.
they where treated like everyine was ashamed of them.
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bacon, salt, sugar, flour. thats it. usually they'd mix sugar salt and flour with water to make dampier bread!
Most of the women who journeyed to the goldfields were treated very poorly by the gold miners. Many women dressed up as men to keep from being recognized.
on the goldfields women faced many hardships such as shania :0
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