Resources

**Resources** Listed below are a variety of websites containing information about the Australian Gold Rush. Don't forget to take notes as you go!

[|'Life on the Goldfields']- a virtual exhibition by the State Library of Victoria. This site has fantastic information, great pictures and drawings about life on the goldfields, includes 'Life under canvas'and 'Mining techniques'

[|'The Australian Gold Rush'] - a site by the Australian Government. This site looks at the discovery of gold in Australia and how it changed our nation.

[|'Diaries, Journals and Letters'] - this site provides links to transcripts of significant diaries, journals or letters of emigration to Victoria or Ballarat or life on the Victorian goldfields.

[|Australian gold rush timeline]

[|Sovereign Hill Research notes] - a wealth of information! It's definitely worth exploring this site - includes information about people of the goldfields, quotes from the goldfields, life on the goldfields as well as mining techniques.

[|Gold Rush game] - take yourself back to 1865 and mine for gold.

A variety of books are also located in the library in 994.5. These will be stored in the computer room and are available for you to use and share during your library lesson - they must be returned to Ms Armstrong.