1. Food
1.1. mutton
1.2. drinks
1.2.1. tea
1.2.2. fresh water was limited
1.3. damper
1.3.1. made of flour,water and salt mixed to form a soft dough
1.3.2. it was cooked on an open fire
2. Entertainment
2.1. some miners bring their own instruments
2.1.1. they were made from meat hooks,horse shoes and spoons
2.2. mazurka was normally the popular dance of the day
2.3. dancing was affordable on any budget
2.3.1. balls and concerts were a major event
2.4. clay pipes and tobacco were in big demand
2.5. story telling
2.6. the venues were alcohol free zones
3. Finding Gold
3.1. people who found gold were tradesmen who sold food and equipment
3.1.1. other people who found gold were land owners who sold land to people who wanted to build houses
3.2. most miners didn't strike it rich
3.2.1. all of them worked extremely hard
4. Schooling
4.1. teachers lived in tents
4.2. children sat at wooden benches
4.3. the standard of education was not high
4.4. the classrooms were big enough to hold 100 children
5. Violence
5.1. fights
5.1.1. they were often over claim jumbling when other took over some els' claim
5.1.2. to keep their own claim, they had to worked on it everyday except Sunday
5.2. the police were brutal
5.3. bushrangers hold up the travellers
6. Fun & games
6.1. boys
6.1.1. boys played jacks and marbles
6.2. girls
6.2.1. liked to dress dolls
6.2.2. girls went skipping
7. Tools
7.1. alluvial
7.1.1. shovel
7.1.2. pick
7.1.3. cradle or pan
7.2. shaft
7.2.1. bucket
7.2.2. windlass
8. Shopping
8.1. women were usually the shopkeepers
8.2. expensive
8.2.1. transport to goldfields expensive
8.2.2. shop owners knew that the miners either paid the high price or starve; shop owners made lots of money
8.3. chinese people set up medicine stores
9. Sickness
9.1. influenza
9.2. pneunomia
9.3. typhord
9.3.1. transmitted by ingestion of food and water
9.4. cholera
9.5. tetanus
9.6. hysteria
9.7. scurvy
9.8. poor hygienic environment, this is what made disease common
10. Homes
10.1. the homes were rough
10.2. huts
10.2.1. made of canvas and bark
10.3. Boarding houses
10.3.1. these were established and the were built of wood lined with calico
10.4. government camps
10.4.1. made of wood
10.4.2. some government camps accommodated soldiers
11. Life of Children
11.1. the adults kept a few hens and goats, so the children had better foods.
11.2. carried wood
11.3. went to the gold field with their parents
11.4. December 1852, 12,000 children went to the gold fields.
11.5. helped their parents to search for gold
11.6. looked after tents & huts and cared for horses
11.7. fossicked among tailings or left over gravel and sand
11.8. old children were expected to work as hard as adults
12. Transport
12.1. carried everything needed
12.1.1. walking with wheel barrow loaded with possessions
12.1.2. harsh long hard road & robbers & dangers included
12.2. horse or bullock
13. Clothing
13.1. girls
13.1.1. tight waist and full skirt dresses
13.1.2. brightly coloured stockings with hard leather boots
13.1.3. when they went out they wore a cape or jacket with a hat covered with flowers and a colourful ribbon tied under their chin