Year 10 History

Last Tuesday, two of the Year 10 history classes spent a wonderful day at Sovereign Hill experiencing what life was like in the early 1850s. 

One group, as part of their Early Australian History studies attended an education session on the impact of the gold rush on the Wadawurrung and Dja Dja Wurrung peoples. The other class, studying Asia in the Age of Imperialism, was particularly interested in learning about the Chinese miners and their contribution to the community in the Ballarat area and also their treatment on the goldfields. The students were able to tour the newly renovated Chinese village, see a number of import artifacts in the museum, including one of the earliest Chinese dragons, named Loong, dating back to 1901. It is actually one of the oldest surviving Chinese dragons in the world. We were all able to attend a very thought-provoking dramatic presentation of an Anti-Chinese League meeting. 

The day also included a tour of the Red Hill mine, panning for gold, watching confectionary being made, and of course we left laden with jars of the coveted raspberry drops.

Natalie Thomas

Secondary Teacher