Monday, October 20, 2008

Games and Entertainment on the Goldfields

On the goldfields miners worked very hard. They needed something to relax them and keep them happy when not mining gold. They invented many games and entertainment which kept them occupied on the goldfields. Some of these were:
  • They had a boxing ring for boxing
  • Grog Tents which the miners got their beer from
  • They had dancing and music all the time
  • At night they would fire weopons for no reason just to have fun

They also had a few sports. Not the sports we have today. They would make them up. They played: Kangaroo Shooting and Possum Hunting. Those two were very common. They also had other events like dancing.

Overall life was very difficult for the miners and they all loved a good game.

Tim

11 comments:

grade56f said...

Are there any records of people being killed during these games?
Imogen

grade56f said...

ummm... i dont really know. There may be a few deaths from alcohol poioning or people accidently getting shot by the weopons but other than that i have no idea.

grade56f said...

Were the grog tents and the ritual of firing weapons legal?

What further problems did these activities cause for the miners?

grade56f said...

nice work timur








Walter

grade56f said...

i think the grog tents were legal but the firing of weopons probably was illegal. I think that is why they did it in the night.

grade56f said...

What was the boxing ring made out of? And why did they shoot guns in the air for no reason?
PENNY

grade56f said...

GOOD INFO
PENNY

grade56f said...

NICE TIM!!!!!!!!!!!

LBJ (Hugh)

grade56f said...

Tim that was very informing i loved it

grade56f said...

they shot guns for fun cos they liked it and thanks for comenting

grade56f said...

great work tim
nice info

DEE :)