WOMEN:
Most people on the goldfields were men as lots of people did not belive that women should work there. Although, some women went to the goldfields with thier husbands, brothers or friends.
Women still worked as hard as men, they had different jobs. The women cooked, washed, ironed, made bread, butter, jam, soap & clothes for the family, and some even sang and danced for the men whilst they were working!
CHILDREN:
Lots of parents were not able to home school children either because they hadn't had very good schooling themselfs, or that they had come from the other side of the world and did not speak a lot of english. Children often had to move schools due to parents moving to different goldfields. School fees were very small, only 10c per child.
The teachers at schools were often young & untrained, one teacher at a school near Orange was only 14!!
AMY
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Great Amy, I like that you stated that women and men worked as hard as each other - they just did different jobs.
You say most people on the gold fields were men... I wonder how many actually went with their wives and children?
McD
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