Gold: Chapter 5 Australian Gold Rushes

In which state did Edward Hargraves discover a small amount of gold in 1851?

• New South Wales

• Western Australia

• Queensland

• Victoria

The device known as a cradle was used to

• crush rocks and extract gold

• sift gold from gravel and dirt

• collect sediment from the river bed

• store gold once it was removed from the dirt

The most likely reason that people travelled thousands of miles to reach the goldfields of Australia is because

• they wanted to find jobs building the new railways and telegraphs

• they knew that they could earn high wages working for gold-miners

• there was 200 GBP reward for anyone who found gold near Melbourne

• they hoped to make their fortune by finding gold

The main purpose of the information the 'Go Fact' box is to tell the reader

• why the gold prospectors during World War 1 were known as 'diggers'

• how the Australian soldiers of World War 1 got the nickname 'diggers.'

• why the Australian soldiers were named after the gold prospectors

• when the 'diggers' of World War 1 left Australia to go and fight

Which word would best replace 'thrived' on page 12?

• recovered

• strengthened

• weakened

• restored

These discoveries started the Australian gold rush. In this sentence the word 'these' has been used as

• a preposition

• an adverb

• a pronoun

• an adjective