The Australian Gold Rush

List three jobs that the workers were needed for in 1850s Australia?

• Fishing, teaching, banking
• Cooking, cleaning, gardening
• Writing, painting, singing
• Mining, farming, construction

Why were convicts no longer needed?

• They were all pardoned
• They were all sent back to Britain
• There were plenty of workers to help in construction and farms
• They all escaped

Describe what a telegraph is used for?

• Broadcasting radio signals
• Sending emails
• Sending coded messages through wires
• Making phone calls

After Bathurst, where was the next gold found in Australia? Who found the gold?

• Bendigo, Julia Farrell and Margaret Kennedy
• Adelaide, Mary Johnson
• Sydney, John Smith
• Melbourne, Edward Hargraves

What was Australia before it was a free settlement?

• A republic
• A monarchy
• A federation
• A penal colony

What countries did people come from to mine for gold in Australia?

• Spain, Portugal, Greece, Turkey, Egypt
• Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa
• Britain, Germany, Italy, France, USA and China
• Russia, Japan, Brazil, India, Mexico

Who found gold in 1851 and announced it in the Sydney Morning Herald?

• Margaret Kennedy
• Julia Farrell
• Edward Herald
• Edward Hargraves

When was the first gold actually discovered in Australia?

• 1851
• 1875
• 1815
• 1860