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in Virgina
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.
You have to have a gold licence otherwise you would get kicked of the gold field by the troopers
Most of the miners were simply Australian. A great number of Chinese also came to the goldfields.
Like the people he came to represent, Peter lalor was a gold miner. He had immigrated from Ireland to Australia in the hope of making his fortune on the goldfields.
in Virgina
What did they take to the goldfields
the most popular job in the goldfields was prostitution
gold
Most people did not find a lot of riches in the gold fields. Mining companies had a better chance of getting rich in the goldfields.
Gold
Those who were most targetted were passengers and drivers of the carriages which carried gold from the goldfields.
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.
i think that men were on the goldfields
they mined for gold but women were not allowed to
they used it to buy stuff
People came to the goldfields in Ballarat for the same reason they went to any goldfields, which was in the hope of finding their fortune in gold. The Ballarat goldfields were among the richest in Australia at the time.