To The Goldfields! By Rachel Tonkin
To the Goldfields! is sadly now out of print. But as many libraries still have it on their shelves (and we hope they keep it!) we thought it was worth mentioning. This picture book tells the story of James, a nine year old boy who travels to the Victorian goldfields with his family.
It is very detailed for a picture book and the fantastic illustrations provide even more detail to unpack with students. The richness of this book means it can be used in many different ways and it covers a great many topics. Students can look at: travel, mining techniques, food, living conditions, clothing, school, police, the Chinese miners and licences. This book is like Nothing But Gold for children! There is also a helpful glossary at the end of the book.
Rachel Tonkin wrote extensive teachers notes to accompany the books and schools may still have this in their library.
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Hello,
My name is Millie Baker and I am a Wesley College student at the Clunes Campus. I am doing my project on “Entertainment in the Victorian Goldfields”. I will mainly be focusing on music, theater and dancing. If there are any other styles of entertainment, I would love to include them as well. I was just wondering, what information may you have on this topic?
Regards,
Millie
Thanks for the question Millie. You might look at our two blogs tagged for entertainment https://sovereignhilleducation.wordpress.com/tag/entertainment/. One on Bowling Alleys and one on the Scottish and how they entertained. Apart from that we will do some more research and get back to you.