REMEMBERING

UNDERSTANDING

1. List 20 facts about gold. 1. Illustrate and

describe the different
2. Describe the first
mining techniques.
discovery of gold by
Edward Hargreaves

2. Make a flow chart

3. Make an A-Z list of gold illustrating the finding
of gold.
vocabulary.
4. Make a glossary of 20 3. Write a short
words that relate to gold. newspaper report
about the finding of
5. Make a word search
gold in Victoria in
using theme words from 1851.
the goldfields.
4. Draw and label the
6. Create a 10 question
equipment needed to
quiz for your peers to
find gold on the
answer.
goldfields in NSW in
the 1850s.

APPLYING

ANALYSING

EVALUATING

1. Design and make a

brochure to promote
going to the goldfields
to find gold.

1. Role play an
interview with a miner
who is looking for gold
on the goldfields.

2. Make a map of an
imaginary gold town
and include important
details including rivers,
buildings, church,
shops etc.

2. Make a timeline of
the important events
of the gold rush and
the Eureka Stockade.

1. Write a newspaper
report about life on
the goldfields and the
hardships faced by the
miners.

2. You are a miner on

the goldfields in 1854.
Write home and describe the unrest on
3. Investigate where
people came from that the goldfields, your
3. Design a poster
went to the goldfields views of the license
system and the
offering a reward for
to find gold.
problems with the
the arrest of a
4. Graph the price of
police.
prominent bushranger. gold, using the daily
3. Prepare a Power
4. Make an artwork
newspaper and
Point presentation
that symbolises the
comment on the
about finding gold in
goldfields.
current trends.
NSW in the 1850s.

Tasks are to be completed individually, unless otherwise negotiated with your teacher before the task is
started. All work should be completed neatly in the exercise book given to you by your teacher. Place a
neat tick in the grid next to the task once it has been completed. You may need to use a computer.

CREATING
1. Write a poem or song
related to the theme of
gold.
2. Design a piece of
jewellery that could have
been created in the 1850s
and describe the weight of
the gold, size of the
gemstones and the price.
3. Design a shop that you
would set up on the
goldfields. What is the
name of the shop and what
do you sell? Design you
shop front by sketching a
picture.