Gold Rush Stories Series Introduction

GOLD RUSH STORIES

Sketch of Lawson Home in Eurunderee NSW What was it like to Grow up on the Gold Fields? - Gold Rush Stories Part 27

Gold Rush Stories Part 27 -What was it like to ...

Many of Henry Lawson’s stories and poems are framed in the Mudgee district’s scenery where he grew till the age of 15. Henry was just six months old when the Lawson's...

Gold Rush Stories Part 27 -What was it like to ...

Many of Henry Lawson’s stories and poems are framed in the Mudgee district’s scenery where he grew till the age of 15. Henry was just six months old when the Lawson's...

Miners posing on Mine Head near Gulgong in the 1870's GOLD RUSH STORIES - PART 26 - EYE WITNESS ACCOUNT OF LIFE ON THE GOLDFIELDS

Gold Rush Stories - Part 26 - Eye Witness Accou...

The gold field town of Gulgong ballooned to 12,000 people by October 1871 when visiting British author Anthony Trollope remarked: “Gullgong [sic] was certainly a rough place when I visited...

Gold Rush Stories - Part 26 - Eye Witness Accou...

The gold field town of Gulgong ballooned to 12,000 people by October 1871 when visiting British author Anthony Trollope remarked: “Gullgong [sic] was certainly a rough place when I visited...

Australian $10 Note featuring Henry Lawson with the Gold Rush town of Gulgong as a backdrop GOLD RUSH STORIES - PART 25 - WHAT MADE GULGONG SO SIGNIFICANT TO THE GOLDRUSH?

Gold Rush Stories - Part 25 - What Made Gulgong...

A montage of goldrush-era Gulgong street scenes was used as a backdrop to the portrait of Lawson on the first Australian ten dollar note. The Lawson family moved to the Gulgong...

Gold Rush Stories - Part 25 - What Made Gulgong...

A montage of goldrush-era Gulgong street scenes was used as a backdrop to the portrait of Lawson on the first Australian ten dollar note. The Lawson family moved to the Gulgong...

The Crystal Palace and Historical drawing of the Great Exhibition of 1851 GOLD RUSH STORIES - PART 24 - WHAT WAS THE IMPACT OF THE AGE OF STEAM AND WHAT WAS THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851

Gold Rush Stories - Part 24 - What was the Impa...

Have you ever heard of The Great Exhibition of 1851? What technologies existed at the time of the gold rush? What was the impact of The Age of Steam? The...

Gold Rush Stories - Part 24 - What was the Impa...

Have you ever heard of The Great Exhibition of 1851? What technologies existed at the time of the gold rush? What was the impact of The Age of Steam? The...

Saluting the Southern Cross Eureka Stockade Ballarat Victoria GOLD RUSH STORIES - PART 23 - WHAT CAUSED THE EUREKA STOCKADE?

Gold Rush Stories - Part 23 - What Caused the E...

What Caused the Eureka Stockade? How Did Melbourne Become one of the Richest Cities in the world? STREETS PAVED WITH GOLD INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT

Gold Rush Stories - Part 23 - What Caused the E...

What Caused the Eureka Stockade? How Did Melbourne Become one of the Richest Cities in the world? STREETS PAVED WITH GOLD INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT

Emigration to California flyer advertising passage to the Californian gold fields during the Gold Rush GOLD RUSH STORIES - PART 22 - HOW MAY EMIGRATION TO CALLIFORNIA BE CHECKED?

Gold Rush Stories - Part 22 - How May Emigratio...

In 1848 the Californian Gold Rush sent the world into a frenzy. An exodus of free folk from Australia fled to the gold fields of California.   The small labour...

Gold Rush Stories - Part 22 - How May Emigratio...

In 1848 the Californian Gold Rush sent the world into a frenzy. An exodus of free folk from Australia fled to the gold fields of California.   The small labour...

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