1. Women on the GoldfieldsBY
EMILY VILER

2. Channel Seven news
Welcome to the channel seven news my name is Isabella Costa and I am going to be talking to Emily about her assignment on Chinese women on the goldfields.

3. Contents Clothing Jobs What they ate
What was it like on the goldfields
Transportation
Housing
Pictures
Bibliography

4. a long dress with a high neck, tight waist and a full skirt
Clothing
a long dress with a high neck, tight waist and a full skirt
a cotton petticoat and bloomers underneath
striped stockings
hard wearing boots
a large bonnet to keep of the sun
when the miners worked for long hours their clothes got worn out
some people wore boots some wore shoes but most of them couldn’t afford to buy shoes or boots so they had to go barefoot

5. What was their job on the goldfields?
many of the women cooked, cleaned, washed the clothes and they also did the ironing
some women sang and danced on the goldfields.
a few women were diggers and some were shopkeepers.
a few women stayed home with their children while their husbands were at the diggings.
women made bread, butter, jams, soaps and clothes for their family.

6. What did people eat on the goldfields?
damper, bread
dried meat, mutton
bread, flour, water, eggs, beans
they mostly ate damper, bread & flour

7. How was it like on the goldfields
many people teased the chinese and the aboriginal because they were different
a lot of the white people teased and threatened other people
a lot of the parents couldn’t afford to buy things for their children, only the rich people could
a lot of children on the goldfields got sick because they weren't wearing proper clothing

8. What kind of things did they use to get to the goldfields?
mostly the poor people traveled by walking because they couldn’t afford to buy horses because they were very expensive
the rich people could travel by horses and carriages
some people came with donkeys and bullocks because they could carry lots of weight
people from other countries came by ships because there was no other way to travel

9. What was it like to live at the goldfields?
usually people used tents and huts covered by bark
the mattresses that they used were stuffed with leaves
the miners sat on logs around the camp fire and sang songs because there was no computer or TV's
the chinese slept in tents but they slept faraway from the other cultures because there was a fence

10. These are some pictures of gold & nuggets
Melted gold
People at the gold rush

11. Gold mining in Australia

12. Natural Gold

13. Bibliography
Information
Women on the Australian goldfields
Life on the goldfields
Books about gold
Pictures
Google Images

14. Channel seven news
Well thank u Emily for coming on the channel seven news it was a pleasure having u. Thank u Isabella for letting me come on the channel seven news. well that’s it for tonight i hope u have a good rest of the week bye