Gold

By hfrichardson

  • Conditions on the field

    The surviving diaries and letters written frequently describle the conditions and experiences of the gold fields.
    ergo.slv.vic.gov.au/node/569
  • Period: to

    Gold

  • Woman on the fields

    Without men to perform traditional male tasks,the woman filled shoes and chopped wood,fetched water and mended houses as required.
    ergo.slv.vic.gov.au/node/602
  • Law & Order

    Law & Order

    On the first of every month,diggers were required to assemble at the nearest Commissioner's tent to renew their licence
    ergo.slv.vic.gov.au/node/573

  • Aborigines

    ergo.slv.vic.gov.au/node/609
  • Children

    Children

    Children in England think themselves rich with a penny to spend.Here,a child,however young,brings never less than 6 pence,and often a shilling.
    ergo.slv.vic.gov.au/node/614