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Chinese migrants and the Gold Rush

Teacher guide Chinese migrants and the Gold Rush

TLF ID M019286

Throughout the 1800s Chinese migrated to colonial Australia to try their luck on the goldfields. This Look to Learn activity enables you to explore what life was like for the Chinese migrants through primary sources from this period.

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Educational details

Educational value
  • This resource is of significant value to support the implementation of the Asia and Australia's engagement with Asia priority in History, with particular emphasis on the first organising idea that people in Asia come from diverse ethnic backgrounds, traditions and cultures
  • This resource is valuable as it provides teachers with strategies to support the implementation of the Intercultural Understanding capability, especially learning about and engaging with diverse cultures in ways that create connections with others and cultivate mutual respect.
Year level

5

Topics Aboriginal history Migration Maps (Geographic location) Assisted migration Data representation Data collection Colonies Mining Goldfields Information retrieval Inquiry-based learning Torres Strait Islander history Chronological order Significant people Historical inquiry Historical sources Research questions Population mobility
Learning area
  • Humanities and social sciences
  • History

Other details

Contributors
  • Author
  • Person: Ms Pam Stewart
  • Description: Author
  • Contributor
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Person: Ms Pam Stewart
  • Description: Author
  • Copyright Holder
  • Name: Asia Education Foundation
  • Organization: Asia Education Foundation
  • URL: http://asiaeducation.edu.au
  • Publisher
  • Name: Asia Education Foundation
  • Organization: Asia Education Foundation
  • Description: Publisher
  • URL: http://asiaeducation.edu.au
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
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Learning Resource Type
  • Online
Rights
  • With the exception of material on the AEF Portal that is owned by third parties, you may, for non-commercial educational purposes only, reproduce and communicate the Content provided that you include the copyright notice © The University of Melbourne and Education Services Australia Limited – Asia Education Foundation, 2014 (unless indicated otherwise) and any applicable acknowledgements; you may adapt the content provided that you acknowledge the source of the material as "The University of Melbourne and Education Services Australia Limited – Asia Education Foundation" and any applicable acknowledgement.