Australian GOLD RUSH
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Gold Diggers Journal ArticleStudent will need to write a fictional diary entry. The entry should be about the fictional gold prospector and the problems that s/he may have needed to overcome. They will need to include historical references and keywords that will be given to them.
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Introduction to the Gold Rush in WAThe Australian gold rushes were periods of significant migration of workers, both more locally and from overseas, to areas which had discoveries of gold deposits. A number of gold finds occurred in Australia prior to 1851, but only the gold found from 1851 onwards created gold rushes.
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