Overviews the formation of gold in Ballarat, the early days of the gold rush, the Eureka Stockade, and the formation of the mining exchange.

Fifth-grade students in Queensland put together this role-playing activity that teaches fellow-students about life during Australia's gold rush.

Introduces the conflict at the Eureka Stockade on the Ballarat gold fields that took place in 1854 when gold miners revolted against unfair laws.

Originally credited with discovering gold in Australia and offered a huge reward, Hargraves died in poverty when people realized he was a fraud.

Charts Victorian gold mining from its heyday during the mid-1800s gold rush until today, when Western Australia has moved ahead in production.

View a map of the goldfields in New South Wales as of 1875, and read about the sudden influx of immigrants they attracted.