Activity Sheet Immigration from the

Gold Rush
Part A:
1) How did the video clip make you feel?

2) What Nationalities were they discussing?

3) Can you see a difference in the way Australian feel about migrants?

4) Why do you think they may feel that way?

Based on the Video clip and after reading letters to the Gazette

5) What do you think life would have been like back then for
Australians?

(Write answer in your History Book)

6) What do you think life would have been like back then for the
Immigrants?

(Write answer in your History Book)

Part B:
Create a graph which shows the number of migrants who have settled in
Australia since 1860 to 1901. Show the Nationalities and the numbers.
Refer to your mathematics notes on how to make box graphs to complete.
The graph information is located in the Bureau of Statistics link provided.