Across
- 1. Rich grounds that sparked gold rushes
- 4. Searching for gold or minerals by hand, often using simple tools like pans.
- 7. Many left this job to search for gold
- 8. Ned Kelly was one, in gold rush times
- 11. The process of extracting gold from the earth
- 12. A person that occupies property without permission
- 13. Scientist analyzing the earth for gold deposits
- 15. Like many who struck it rich in 1849
Down
- 2. Moment the gold was first found
- 3. Newcomer drawn by dreams of gold
- 5. Gold-seeking technique using a shallow dish
- 6. Australian town where gold was first discovered in 1851
- 9. Historic clash between gold miners and authorities
- 10. Subject for historians studying the Gold Rush
- 14. What prospectors hoped to strike