life on the goldfields by ben & gabby
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Life on the goldfields
by ben and gabbyBen and gabby
c
Life on the goldfields
by ben and gabbyBen and gabby
c
Houses on the gold fields
• In the Gold fields you had to stay in tents, or canopy’s and when it rained it would be hard because the top of the tents would be sinking and not everyone could fit under the canopy.
THE WORK MEN,
CHILDREN AND WOMEN HAD TO DO
THE WORK MEN,
CHILDREN AND WOMEN HAD TO DO
the women had to cook and wash they even danced and sung while there husbands
dug. Mainly the men just dug and dug and dug for gold for hours. Children just mostly
played and went to a school because they need
education.Also some times they helped there dad dig for
Gold.
the women had to cook and wash they even danced and sung while there husbands
dug. Mainly the men just dug and dug and dug for gold for hours. Children just mostly
played and went to a school because they need
education.Also some times they helped there dad dig for
Gold.
DRESS• In the 1800s women had
to wear big heavy dresses that touched the floor and were bright and dark colours, while men wore loose fitted,comfortable clothes.They have lone trousers held up with a belt, rope or braces. Children...boys had to wear nearly the same clothes as there fathers.
TRANSPORT• People travelled
to the Goldfields any way they could most commonly people walked. Some rode horses or took a horse an dray. Later on regular coach services operated between the Goldfields Goldfields
FOOD AND WATER• People on the
Goldfields commonly ate damper a simple bread made of flour, salt and water and cooked over an opened camp fire. they also drank tea because the water on the Goldfields was warm.
LEISURE ACTIVITIES
• On the Goldfields children children had to work hard but in there spare time they played games and toys. Children also collected glass balls called marbles, which was there favourite game
EDUCATION
• Children on the Goldfields need some education so some people set up tents so they can have shade while working and studying.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Google.
• Wikianswers.
• Wikipedia.
• Free encyclopedia.
• Growing up on the goldfield book.
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