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The Australian Gold Ruch!
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trooper: People who check the licences.
Gold: What people mine for.
nugget: A large amount of gold.
claim: Someone who owns a certain amount of land, which no one has a right to mine.
digging: To break or remove clay or gravel with a shovel.
windlass: A machine used to move heavy weights.
tailings: Rocks and gravel piles left over after mining an area.
Ophir: Bathurst goldfield.
commissioner: responsible to uphold law and order and to provide access to the goldfields.
flake: A small piece of placer gold.
immigrant: Someone who moves from one country to another, to find gold.
camp: A place with temporary accommodation of huts, tents or other structures.
Diggersrest: A town where miners went to rest on their way to finding gold.
poor: Having little or no money.
prospectors: Someone who explores for gold.
wayfaring: Travelling (especially on foot).
Ballarat: A city that was very popular because of its gold.
cradle: Separates gold from rock, and gravel.
colony: A group of people who settle far from home.
clay: Moist, sticky Earth.
tent: A shelter made of cloth.
alluvial: Gold that is found above ground.
travelling: Making a journey to go from one place, to another.
Australia: Country/continent where they discovered gold.
hopper: A part of a cradle rocker.
puddling: Separates gold from clay.
Mineral: A substance found by mining.
dust: Very fine particles of placer gold.
goldfield: A location where gold is found.
storekeeper: A person who runs or owns a store.
licence: A permit that allows them to mine.
profit: A financial gain.
joints: Large pieces of meat.
Hargraves: The first person to find gold in Bathurst.
quartz: A mineral in which gold is often found.
arrested: A punishment for disobeying the law.
Victoria: A state in Australia, where gold was very popular.
mine: Underground tunnel where people search for gold.
squatter: A person who settles on land without permission.
Eurekastockade: A dispute over high mining taxes in Ballarat.
shaft: The body of a spear.
shilling: A historic British coin.
fossicking: To rummage or to search around.
panning: The oldest method of mining gold.
The Australian Gold Ruch!
Across:2. | The first person to find gold in Bathurst. | 5. | Bathurst goldfield. | 7. | Having little or no money. | 8. | Very fine particles of placer gold. | 14. | Separates gold from rock, and gravel. | 16. | A city that was very popular because of its gold. | 19. | A financial gain. | 21. | What people mine for. | 24. | A dispute over high mining taxes in Ballarat. | 26. | A large amount of gold. | 28. | A place with temporary accommodation of huts, tents or other structures. | 30. | A person who runs or owns a store. | 32. | A location where gold is found. | 36. | Travelling (especially on foot). | 37. | Moist, sticky Earth. | 39. | A town where miners went to rest on their way to finding gold. | 40. | A small piece of placer gold. | 41. | A historic British coin. | 42. | Large pieces of meat. |
| | Down:1. | A mineral in which gold is often found. | 3. | Gold that is found above ground. | 4. | To rummage or to search around. | 6. | A part of a cradle rocker. | 9. | Country/continent where they discovered gold. | 10. | A state in Australia, where gold was very popular. | 11. | A group of people who settle far from home. | 12. | Someone who explores for gold. | 13. | Rocks and gravel piles left over after mining an area. | 15. | A punishment for disobeying the law. | 17. | A substance found by mining. | 18. | Underground tunnel where people search for gold. | 20. | Someone who owns a certain amount of land, which no one has a right to mine. | 22. | A shelter made of cloth. | 23. | A person who settles on land without permission. | 25. | To break or remove clay or gravel with a shovel. | 27. | Making a journey to go from one place, to another. | 29. | Separates gold from clay. | 31. | People who check the licences. | 33. | A permit that allows them to mine. | 34. | The oldest method of mining gold. | 35. | A machine used to move heavy weights. | 38. | The body of a spear. |
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The Australian Gold Ruch!
Across:2. | The first person to find gold in Bathurst. | 5. | Bathurst goldfield. | 7. | Having little or no money. | 8. | Very fine particles of placer gold. | 14. | Separates gold from rock, and gravel. | 16. | A city that was very popular because of its gold. | 19. | A financial gain. | 21. | What people mine for. | 24. | A dispute over high mining taxes in Ballarat. | 26. | A large amount of gold. | 28. | A place with temporary accommodation of huts, tents or other structures. | 30. | A person who runs or owns a store. | 32. | A location where gold is found. | 36. | Travelling (especially on foot). | 37. | Moist, sticky Earth. | 39. | A town where miners went to rest on their way to finding gold. | 40. | A small piece of placer gold. | 41. | A historic British coin. | 42. | Large pieces of meat. |
| | Down:1. | A mineral in which gold is often found. | 3. | Gold that is found above ground. | 4. | To rummage or to search around. | 6. | A part of a cradle rocker. | 9. | Country/continent where they discovered gold. | 10. | A state in Australia, where gold was very popular. | 11. | A group of people who settle far from home. | 12. | Someone who explores for gold. | 13. | Rocks and gravel piles left over after mining an area. | 15. | A punishment for disobeying the law. | 17. | A substance found by mining. | 18. | Underground tunnel where people search for gold. | 20. | Someone who owns a certain amount of land, which no one has a right to mine. | 22. | A shelter made of cloth. | 23. | A person who settles on land without permission. | 25. | To break or remove clay or gravel with a shovel. | 27. | Making a journey to go from one place, to another. | 29. | Separates gold from clay. | 31. | People who check the licences. | 33. | A permit that allows them to mine. | 34. | The oldest method of mining gold. | 35. | A machine used to move heavy weights. | 38. | The body of a spear. |
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