Monday, October 20, 2008

Women and Children

Womens work was washing, ironing, cooking(thgh fresh fruit and veggies were rare and expensive)making bread, jam and clothes. The living conditions were cramped(they lived in tents) and primitive toilets were health hazards.

Their wasn't any medical assistance when women were giving birth, only the help of other women and midwives. Diseases such as whooping cough, measles, diphtheria and scarlet fever were easily spread.

Over one quarter of deaths in ballarat were children under five. parents moved alot looking for better patches of gold, so the children had a disrupted education. Most children had to help with the finding of gold. Many parents were unable to educate children.

Imogen

8 comments:

grade56f said...

How did they iron there clothes without any elecricity?
PENNY

grade56f said...

There was a type of iron which was heated up by the fire.
Imogen

grade56f said...

very good information




TIMMY

grade56f said...

Were there schools near the gold fields?

It would be interesting to know more about this.

McD

grade56f said...

Cool one Imogen!

grade56f said...

COOL. Poor people they were in such a bad place.


LBJ (Hugh)

grade56f said...

What type fo instraments did they sing and dane to??? Coz' bak then i dn't think they had CD players.

PENNY

grade56f said...

GOOD INFO

PENNY