The Remarkable GOLD DIGGERS of the 1850s Gold Rush
The early gold rush, with its harsh conditions, considerable adversities, and no small amount of adventure, created a generation of men unlike any other.
After the gold rush ran its course, many of these adventurous spirits turned to other professions to make ends meet, some making tucker, others accumulating great wealth from their trades.
But there were plenty of diggers who didn't let it go, who spent the rest of their lives fossicking on the fringes of society, enjoying the independent, free lifestyle they experienced during those incredible early years of the gold rush.
These enduring, pioneering gold miners were recalled in the newspapers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, where their strong spirits and fierce independence was remarked upon and their quirky characters recalled with fondness.
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Exploring the Victorian Goldfields - www.goldfieldsguide.com.au/
Historical Gold Maps - historicalgoldmaps.com.au/
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Historical images - State Library Victoria
Mining models - Carl Nordstrom, 1850s, Museums Victoria
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Thanks for bringing the old stories back to life. Puts a human side to all the diggings.
Great speaker, explainer and teacher. I could listen to your storys all day.
@goldfieldsguide
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Patty 🙂⚒
very good presentation and love the old stories of days gone by ..... keep'em coming
@goldfieldsguide
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Jeff, lots more to come! 🙂⚒⚒⚒
Fantastic history and love your stories. Thank you for your efforts with masterfully assembling these wonderful tales of hard work and adventure in the goldfields of Victoria, Australia.
@goldfieldsguide
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, glad you liked the video 🙂⚒
G'day, thank you for your video, My Grandfather was born in Bendigo in 1910 and as a child would visit many old miners in huts and his mother would feed them for work done around the house, they lived in Eaglehawk close to the whipstick Forrest and still today you can find many old huts ruins, lt must have been a harsh and lonely life, cheers, Neil.
@goldfieldsguide
Жыл бұрын
Definitely harsh times, always interesting to come across the ruins and remnants of those old shanties ⚒
Thanks for your video, you did some splendid fossicking through the Trove website and local histories for those reports. As a kid who grew up in an old gold town, you evoked memories of my childhood exploring old ruins and mines in the bush on the edge of town.
@goldfieldsguide
Жыл бұрын
The best kind of childhood! Cheers Dave 🙂⚒
Love these story’s. keep them coming ❤
@goldfieldsguide
Жыл бұрын
Glad you like the videos 🙂 plenty more to come
Awesome documentrys and fantastic narration as there is always more to learn about the gold history and geology of Victoria's gold regions. The tide of Victoria's gold rush hasn't ended for some of us who seek the allure of this romantic and adventurous past time. I really appreciate the enthusiasm that's goes into these very well produced shows and continue to make them as there are so many stories to be told of our Victorian gold history's. There is still lots of gold out there beging found everyday by prospectors and so much more to be won from Vic's ground's. Get out there and enjoy the nature, history and spender of our awesome state Victoria and you might find treasure,now where else can you find treasure in the ground? we really are lucky to have this available to anyone willing to try.
@goldfieldsguide
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Daniel, much appreciated! I’m glad you’re enjoying these videos 🙂⚒ cheers!
Your work is outstanding..much love to you
@goldfieldsguide
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! 🙂⚒
One of those old Victoran hatters by the name of Jack Brown emigrated to Tasmania around 1875 and went onto to discover three alluvial fields on the west coast including the very first payable field at Brown's Plain around November 1878. He was 63 when he first showed on the coast and was a hatter as best they come. He pulled 100 oz of nuggetty quart crystalline Au, in a fortnight, from a 1inch leader at the age of 70, from Mckusick's Creek, Queenstown in 1884. He was one of the first buried in the Strahan cemetery. Victoria's loss was our Tassie gain. Love the way you TROVE. First class commentary and researching. Fairly rivetting. Rory, Tas.
@goldfieldsguide
Жыл бұрын
Incredible! What a legend ⚒
Great work girl i enjoyed how you conveyed the vic gold history👍
@goldfieldsguide
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! 🙂⚒
Just incredible the story you tell of the old gold fields such a amazing history Australian's have, sad in some ways the old timers are all gone but the rock they dug still remains.
@goldfieldsguide
Жыл бұрын
An incredible history for sure, cheers mate ⚒🙂
Hi, Great work as always, i think you deserve more subscribers with the content you provide. So i thought I'd mention .. Take note of the views each video receives after one month, Adjust future titles to gain favour with the algorithms. YT shorts may also grow your audience as advertising to your lengthier videos. Thanks for making this particular history of Victoria fun. Again, great work.
I love your videos!
@goldfieldsguide
Жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙂⚒
Thankyou!
Well done 👍
@goldfieldsguide
Жыл бұрын
Thanks mate 🙂⚒
Very well put together - tku
@goldfieldsguide
Жыл бұрын
Cheers 😄⚒
The photos of those past times were amazing 👌 I've potentially walked around the same ground & where others have not 🙂 Today's modern prospectors have a life of financial security as most of us have employment & access to equipment + technological data to gain the advantages of geology ! There is still the potential for some great finds in Victoria 👌
By 4.00 i thought you might have been talking about me and my life, after that it was confirmed. Love that life in the Vic. bush.
@goldfieldsguide
Жыл бұрын
Out bush is the place to be 😎🌿⚒👌
the hardware sales of shovels and picks and pans and more made millions from tool sales
We are still trying now 🤞 These legends make us true blue victorians water at the mouth and quiver at the thought of even finding a few spec’s in the bottom of the pan. So awesome to see your videos still running after so long love. Keep up the excellent work it really does keep some of us sane thank you ❤️
@goldfieldsguide
2 ай бұрын
Thank you, I’m so glad folks enjoy these videos 🙂⚒