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Emigration
To emigrate is to to leave one's native country,in order to settle in another. Bendigo Gold traces the lives of two families who emigrate to Australia; the Bryan family in 1859 during the gold rush and the O'Neill family in 1945 during the post war depression.
TESS BRYAN'S JOURNAL
Tess arrived in Australia in 1859. She was twelve years of age, and her journal tells her what happened during the last twenty days of her life. ACTIVITY: A PICTURE JOURNAL
https://cv.vic.gov.au/stories/immigrants-and-emigrants/many-roads-chinese-on-the-goldfield
Many Chinese people worked for little money in the mines during the gold rush.
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On hearing news that there was gold to be found, thousands of people left their homes and headed for the gold fields of Australia. The miners included Europeans, Americans, English and Irish and a large number of Chinese migrants. The number of miners on the goldfields of NSW and Victoria increased rapidly throughout the 1850’s In the early years of the gold rush, NSW and Victoria were the gold mining centres. In March 1851, Victoria’s population was 80,000 (not including Aborigines). By 1854 the population tripled to 237,000 and by 1861 it had doubled again to 540,000. In 1861 only 29% of the diggers on the gold fields were Australian born. TODAY Why do people emigrate? Career opportunities- good jobs Quality of life - nice place Education - good schools Romance - love Family- relatives Folk from everywhere Security - safe Climate - great weather Lifestyle - relaxed life Sports - fun for all Have a look at the following website. Would these reasons encourage you to emigrate when you are older? Explain. http://www.entitysolutions.com.au/blog/top-10-reasons-migrate-australia-0 |