Year 5: The Gold Rush: Independent Investigation

Websites for Independent Research

• National Museum - Defining Moments: Gold Rushes
• National Museum - Victorian Goldfields
• State Library of Victoria - Golden Victoria
• SBS - Gold
• KidCyber - Gold Rush
• Sovereign Hill
• Deadly Story - Gold rush brings more people to Victoria
• National Museum - Australian Gold Rushes
• State Library of NSW - Eureka! The rush for gold: Rush to Victoria
• Earth Resources - History of gold mining in Victoria
• Visit Melbourne - Gold Rush history
• National Museum - Defining Moments: Eureka Stockade
• Museum of Australian Democracy
• National Geographic - The Australian Gold Rush Begins
• Children on the Goldfields

Key Words for Researching

• gold rush
• goldfields
• gold miners
• colonisation
• Eureka 

To make your search more specific, add one of these words when searching the words above.

• Australia
• Victoria
• Melbourne
• Chinese
• Indigenous
• Aboriginal
• Wadawurrung 
• history
• 1800s

For example, try searching 'gold rush Victoria'

Tips for searching Google

Phrases (" ")

• Use phrases in quotes or Google will search for the words separately. eg. "gold rush";
• Gold rush will search for the word "gold" and "rush" separately and not as a phrase. 

Make Your Search More Specific:

There were many gold rushes around the world and around Australia.  To make your search more specific, try including one of these words in your search:

• Australia
• Victoria
• Melbourne
• Chinese
• Indigenous
• Aboriginal
• Wadawurrung 
• history
• 1800s