Effect of Gold Rush on the Social, Political and Cultural Development of Australia

An important event before the Eureka Stockade was the build up to it. It all started as the Ballarat gold fields started getting popular and attracting different nationalities form all over the world. As this was happening the government thought that they could make money out of this and bought in mining licences and taxes which all

When the European settled in Australia, it impacted on Indigenous people drastically. They deemed the land as Terra Nullius, meaning the land belonged to no one despite the Indigenous people being there first (Treatyrepublic.net, 2014). When the European possessed the land and exposed the Indigenous community to new diseases, it resulted in a vast number of deaths of the Aboriginal people. The minority of Aboriginal people that were left, who were not killed in violent conflict or died during the early decades of colonization, did not go unaffected. In fact, they were the most affected. The key historical socio-economic and political policies and events that impacted Indigenous Australians were segregation, protection and assimilation.

The gold rush era was a significant event in Australian history. The Australian gold rush first started during May 1851 in Bathurst after Edward Hargraves found a grain of gold in a waterhole. The gold rush was a period of time for immigration of workers locally and from overseas and marked the start of significant changes in the Australian economy.

The gold rush was the turning point of Australia’s history thanks to Edward Hargraves he discovered gold in New South Wales in April 1851 and soon the gold rush kicked off. Clear evidence has been provided on how Edward Hargraves started the gold rush started, Information on how push and pull factors influenced people to the gold fields. Stories have been recounted on how life during the gold rush was like in the gold fields. Information on how many numbers of migrants came and where they came and what transportation was used

First, I would like to consider the economic theory behind the gold rush and explain why on the surface; it is quite simple. Consider a modern theoretical case. Say a family of four is living in Cincinnati, Ohio and the main earner of the family works for a tool manufacturing company in Cincinnati. Suppose that the company decides during their yearly employee reviews that they aren’t going to give this certain individual a pay raise for the next year; also suppose that the employee does not see themselves climbing up the pay scale any further. Now suppose that this person is offered a thirty thousand dollar per year raise if they move out to Los Angeles, California for a new machine related job. Assuming

During the late 1700-1800s australia was made up of separate colonies, a country struggling to stay intact, low food supply and numerous convicts entering Australia. Throughout the 1700-1800s sutian reform changes have allowed the thriving development of Australia to be a completed country, such as the wool industry and gold rush.

Families were torn apart, jobs lost, many wives and children were sent away, and the population dropped. The people that this affected the most were the Asians, and the Kanakas. The Australian population at that time had a vast number of Asians, many of which had migrated for the several gold rushes. When this act was passed, those that had been born in Australia could stay, but those that hadn’t (such as most wives) had to go. In many cases, the children went with their mothers back to their homeland. The kanakas were indentured labourers from the South Sea Islands of the Pacific, who were basically kidnapped to come to Australia and work on the sugar plantations, but after this act was passed, many were forced to

The goldfields were discovered in 1848 but the gold rush started in 1851. The first amount of gold was found by Edward Hargraves. Many people travelled from all around the world in hopes that they would find a lot of gold and become rich. For many people that didn’t happen, only a few people found a good amount of gold. Between 1851 and 1861 Australia produced one third of its gold. On the goldfields there was discrimination against the chinses immigrants and the Aboriginals. The miners had to carry a miner licence with them when working on the goldfields. The miners didn’t like that idea and fought back to stop them from carry it around with them everywhere they went.

The Gold Rush impacted the nation in another important area other than the economy: the issue of slavery. The immigrants to California were of very diverse nationalities and races. There were

There was a huge influence of people to the Victorian goldfields, but businessmen, tradesmen, labourers - the very backbone of Australia, together with many of the state's own administrators abandoned their jobs to go and mine for gold. This caused many people to lose their jobs, and no one could fill them in. After the gold rush there were many moreNew rules, policies and legislation were implemented, giving Australia more of an understanding of how to draft future legislation and, indeed, its own constitution.

These changing ways obviously had large effects on different members of society including some of the most vulnerable groups in society at the time being indigenous Australians, Migrants mainly from Europe as well as women. For a large amount of this period, women and aboriginals were shunned/ looked down upon

Analyze the political, social, and economic continuities and changes in Australia from 1700 AD to the present. While Australia has politically gained independence since the 1700’s, their ethnicities have shifted to create a socially diverse country as they remain closely tied with the rest of the world in regards to global trade. Since Britain used to rule Australia in the 1700’s, Australia since has had revolutions that granted them political independence from a larger ruling body. This provides freedom for all of the inhabitants in Australia from an outside force. In addition to this, the ethnicities of Australia have been allowed to mix with those of the rest of the world as new people join the society of

“The Lucky day came at Last’ reinforces that everyone had a chance. Another change that occurred in Australia at this time was a boom in the Australian Population. Overnight Australia became a country that everyone wanted to come to make money. People found used any means possible to come to the Australian Goldfields this is illustrated by source 2 which shows people

What was the build up to the Eureka stockade? The eureka stockade was caused by a disagreement with the government and the miners. The government wanted you to hold a permit with you whilst you were mining, however this wasn’t the problem the problem was the permit costing around 1 pound annually (about 180 AUD) and 10 shillings monthly (about 15 AUD). With all of the mining community against it they formed a rebellion. The reasoning behind the government applying this permit was because there were far too many miners in the mines and this fee would force some back to the city. According to the New South Whales government website this fee was not only mandatory for all miners but if you were caught without one

The gold rushes marked a turning point in Australia's history, drawing attention to an enormous scramble of people from abroad to the Australian goldfields. The population trebled in the first decade of the rushes and riches from gold raised living standards. These developments also quickened the demands for more democratic rights and impacted the political life of the colonies. Australia came to be seen as a place of opportunity, however, the rushes also had different results, including political protests, environmental damage, and social upheaval. These consequences had the greatest impact in