They came to get rich quickly and escape poverty in their homelands, but what they found was not always wealth. This program looks at life on the goldfields and discusses some of the problems that the diggers encountered. Sovereign Hill at Ballarat is featured.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
509088
Language
English
Subject categories
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Sovereign Hill (Ballarat, Vic.)
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
History → Australia - History - 1851-1891
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan