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Year 5 gold rush studies

Working together on Dioramas
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5th class has been studying the Gold Rush in Australia in the 1850s and as a final activity are building a diorama on an aspect of life and the events on the gold fields.  They are working in pairs have chosen an area of interest and have researched and planned it themselves.
The dioramas include: mine shafts, a digger’s tent, panning for gold, the Eureka Stockade, a tent city.
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