Bushrangers

The last bushranger was Jimmy Governer.He was born in 1875.During his early twenties he earned his job as a police tracker. In 1898 he married a 16 year old girl called Ethel Page.

In 1900 Jimmy worked for a man called Jhon Mawbey.One day Mrs Mawbey and her two friends taunted Ethel by calling her scum just for marrying a black fellow.When Jimmy found out he went up to the house for an apology .He got more abuse .He got called a "Pooh,you black rubbish you want shooting for marrying white woman."Jimmy attacked them with a heavy bat and an axe.

One of the seven children ran off. Mrs Mawbey and her other friends died and three of the children died and the rest were seriously injured.

Jimmy and his two friends were declared bushrangers and they started off in New South Wales.They committed over 80 crimes in a couple of months.It also includes two murders of two men a women and her baby.

By October they were known to be out laws and after the month one of his friends died and jimmy and Jimmy and his other friend got captured.

Jimmy was hung on 18 January 1901.In the end all of the bushrangers were dead and for the first time Australia was a nation

Zoe

THE TIME

The gold rush started in the 1800s

Law And Order (The Eureka Stockade Part 2)

As people from other countreys came people started to take the gold for themselves. (GREEDY PEOPLE). So then they made a miners licence, so the diggers could dig 4 gold. But there were the odd people who did not have a miners licence so they were put in prison, or they got killed by the Australian police.

PENNY

Chinese

Thousonds of chinese miners came to australia but they had to pay 10 pounds to get to the, Victorian harbor. Many worked for one to three years and then whent bak to china. In 1860 there was around 40 thousond to 50 thousond people in Australia...





Jo

Women & Children on the goldfields

Many women and children came to the goldfields after their husband/father had found enough gold to build more comfortable huts. Often they would keep a few hens and goats so the children would have better food. Also Many dancers and actresssers went to the goldfields to entertain the diggers. The women did most of the cooking and washing. By December 1852 there were about 12000 children on the Victorian Goldfields.

The children would help their parents by carrying wood, caring for the horses and looked after their tent. Older children were expectd to to work as hard as the adults.

Some children were sent to school on the goldfields. the lessons were held in a tent. The childrens standerd of education wasn't high.

Lizzie

Many children went to the goldfields with their parents and by December 1852 there were allmost 12000 chirdren on the goldfields.







Jo

Games And Entertainment On The Goldfields

• On the goldfields, the gold miners play games so they wont get bored on the break of their job
• Well there are sports such as soccer and there’s hunting. For hunting they hunt Kangaroos because they could use it to get some food.
• The miners are also play some board games like chess sets and an Indian game called carom, Jenga and an African board game called Mancala.
  The miners also gamble money, they play it like the Chinese.

Omar