Gold Fever and Finding Miners Down Under
Shauna Hicks
Content
Welcome
1m 38s
Speaker's Introduction
1m 39s
Introduction
1m 28s
Mining History
3m 9s
Miners into Australia
6m 20s
Newspapers and Gazettes
16m 30s
Archives and Libraries
13m 0s
Historical Societies and Museums
6m 42s
Their Stories
8m 11s
Announcements / prizes
5m 8s
About this webinar
This presentation examines the lure of gold discoveries in various Australian states in the 19th century. Many people travelled down under to try and make their fortunes but didn’t realise just how hard it was working on Australian gold fields. Mining records and newspapers can be used to trace miners and to understand their way of life.
About the speaker
Shauna Hicks has been tracing her own family history since 1977 and worked in government for over 35 years in Australian libraries and archives in Brisbane, Canberra and Melbourne. Since retiring from...
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Comments (16)
Fantastic. Thanks Shauna. Lots of links to investigate.
Fantastic webinar, such a lot of new sites to investigate. I suspect my Ggandfather was in Ballarat area, as he came to NZ in 1862 as a Miner and his to be wife lived in Creswick, Jane came out to NZ aged 18 and went straight to where he was in Clyde, Central Otago. But I have to fine him in Victoria, William Walker, rather hard. Thanks so much for that helpful lecture.
Lots of useful information including private collections I wasn’t aware of
One branch of my family were miners in Nevada. And Arizona. And California. But for some reason one of my grandfathers sailed to Australia (where my father was born in 1910) and then came back again to the US. Wish I knew more of that story.
Wasn’t aware that a gold rush occurred in Australia and New Zealand. Thanks for the info
Shauna is always a great speaker. I now have lots of research to follow up on my mining ancestors in Australia. Examples of her own heritage are always interesting and very helpful.
Very clear presentation, and info that applies to many people in addition to miners. Loved it!
Love the down under webinars