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What I know about the gold rush era Reflection

Live on the gold fields. I have learnt so much about the gold rush. I  have learnt that the Eureka stockade was started by people that thought the gold license were silly. I also learnt that the Eureka Hotel burnt because someone was didn’t go to jail after he killed someone when people saw the murder and he was allowed to walk the streets because he was friends with the traps.

I learnt that if you had a business on the goldfields you need a license for that. Kids were see not heard it was not common for kids to ask questions but now teacher expert questions. Live as a Aboriginal was very hard because they were call animals and not people, Chinese had a different camp and one day people came and cut there hair and pushed them out of the goldfields and told them to go back to China.

Traps were very unliked because they always bothered you so you payed them to go way. The traps are why people made the Eureka stockade. Everyone hated the traps if they weren’t your friend. That why someone got to walk the streets again. Live was very unfair.

 

The streets were very dusty and the buildings were on the one street the Main Street. The gold field was like a big town. People lived in tents with a fire and some fabric beds. At night it was very cold and you only had a sheet to keep you warm at night which didn’t work so you were so cold at night. In the day you have one outfit for the whole week and on Sunday you had church so you wore your best outfit.

Did you know that? 

Camp reflection

Last week my class went on camp. We went to sovereign hill. It was my favourite camp. My favourite parts were the sound and light show, lollies and dressing up the we were from the 1858. I love seeing the teacher dressing up. I love shopping. I didn’t want to leave. 

I love dressing up as someone from the 1858. It was fun seeing what life was like in the gold rush. The sound and light show was better then I thought it would be, I love the 3D and the screen. The food was so good ,especially the desert. I loved camp so much that I wanted to  stay.

I was in the second richest school. I love school we got to stitch and the boys draw. Girls and boys played with different toys. We had to write in fancy writing. Our tables had a space to put your stuff. You needed to pay the teacher each week 2 shillings 12 pennys. 

I was so exited when we arrived at camp. I was so happy that we got to dress up. I was so sad when we had to leave I love everything about camp except Leaving. I wish we could go back and do it all again. It was a great experience.