This is a painting of people panning for gold and their boss getting angry at them. People work hard and long days on the goldfields for very little chances in finding gold. Often people are abused by their bosses, workers and fellow miners.
GOLD, GOLD, GOLD!
These are gold bars that people treasure so much. Do you think that the people who treasure the gold so much know how hard and dangerous it is to find gold?
A Gold Protest
These people are protesting about gold mining because it is causing pollution and poisoning our ocean and and animals.
An Open Mine
This image is of an open mine, it is very dirty and dusty. When it is not needed any more It will be filled up with acidic water after it is not needed. The acidic water can harm humans and animals.
Green Lush Land
This is what the goldfields looked like before the gold rush. Green Lush land, clear fresh cooling water and shady nice refreshing trees. After the gold rush there was none of this. It was dirty brown mucky water and chopped trees.
Poison
This is Mercury. It is used when they need to remove the gold from the quartz. It is poisonous to animals and humans. It is found in water at abandoned mines along with many other poisons.
A Town Of NO Trees!
This S T Gills painting shows the Ballarat town covered in tents. Not a tree in sight. Can you believe this was the Ballarat we knew, a town submerged under a blanket of tents?
GOLD, GOLD, GOLD!
These are gold bars that people treasure so much. Do you think that the people who treasure the gold so much know how hard and dangerous it is to find gold?
Effected!
This video is about the effects that gold mining causes. It show the effects that gold mining causes are wrong and horrific. Would you like to lose everything for and small chance for finding gold? Gold mining cause mercury pollution and much more.
Filled In Mine
This mine has been abandoned and filled up with water. The problem is that the chemicals used to help find gold found its way into the water making it toxic and very harmful to humans and animals.
