Life on The Goldfields
by Emily Zhang
1. Entertainment
1.1. Women danced for men.
1.2. Hunting
1.2.1. birds
1.2.2. kangaroos
1.3. Theatres established
1.4. Lola Montez showered by gold when she performed
2. Food
2.1. Usually damper with mutton.
2.2. Water had to be boiled before drinking
2.3. Sometimes ate bird that have been shot
2.4. Fresh food limited
2.5. Tea
2.6. Very expensive
3. Sickness
3.1. Dysentery
3.2. Typhoid
3.3. Diptheria
3.4. Scarlet fever
4. Homes
4.1. Mostly tents
4.2. Maybe bark huts
4.3. Makeshift and temporary
4.4. Hotels and boarding houses built of wood and lined with calico
5. Travel
5.1. Sometimes used wheelbarrows to carry things
5.2. Most had no horse,so needed to walk to goldfields
5.3. Took several days walk to goldfields
5.4. Ships from other countries took 7 or 8 weeks to reach here
6. Life of Children
6.1. Went to school
6.2. Looked after horses for money
6.3. Helped parents do chores if old enough.
7. Schooling
7.1. Most schools were tents
7.2. Learning Writing and arithmatics was hard
7.3. Girls would learn needlework.
8. Clothes
8.1. Women's wear
8.1.1. Petticoat
8.1.2. Long shirts that covered their ankles
8.1.3. Long sleeves to their wrists
8.1.4. lace up or button up bodices and boots
8.2. Men's wear
8.2.1. Broard brimmed hat
8.2.2. Long trousers held up with a belt
8.2.3. long sleeved shirt