Life on the goldfields

Australia, 1983

TV show
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Episode number 3 of Series “Peach’s gold”.
Bill Peach presents a look at life on the goldfields after the Eureka stockade. It was a colourful but often violent time, where fortunes were made and lost in a heartbeat. Using dramatised re-enactments as well as historical footage, the point is made that not all of those who came to the goldfields were fortunate enough to realise their dream, however they almost always embodied the pioneer spirit. Out of this free-wheeling era emerged the beginnings of a new society.

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Credits

producer/director

Bill Steller

production company

ABC-TV (Australia)

Duration

00:49:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1983

Appears in

Peach's gold

Group of items

Peach's gold

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

314507

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Wealth - Australia

History → Australia - History

History → Gold - Australia - History

History → History

Television

Television → Television series

Television → Television series → Television series - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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