What were conditions like on the gold-farms and fields? How did the rush impact Australia’s First Nations People? And in what ways did it shape the country? This is a Short History Of The ...

From the middle of the 19th Century, Highlanders suffering from the impact of the potato famine were channelled towards Australia by the government. At the same time, a gold rush was drawing ...

The gold rush of 1848 brought still more devastation ... But she also took us out and showed us all the different food sources that were available to us: the grasses, the mushrooms, the berries ...