Chinese Miners in Australia Primary Sources Interactive Gallery Walk

***Chinese Miners-Migration in Australia Interactive Gallery Walk***

This Chinese Miners in Australia lesson is an interactive gallery walk activity that blends visual information, movement, and critical thinking skills. This Gallery Walk will be using primary sources and image-specific questions that focus on early Chinese Migrants to Australia with a particular focus on Chinese Miners in the Goldfields. It is best used after students have a basic understanding of the life and experiences of the early Chinese migrants to Australia. Some prior introduction to primary sources is useful as well so they are better equipped to analyse each type here. Students will draw conclusions and use their deductive reasoning skills. It serves as an excellent addition to your Migration in Australia unit.

Topics include: Living and working conditions in the Goldfields, reasons for migration, treatment of the Chinese Miners and more.

There are 9 images included in this Gallery Walk, but you can choose to include as many as you wish depending on the amount of time you have and how deep you want discussions to go. Place the images on the wall around your classroom. Students can start at ANY image and they do not need to be done in order. 

For this Gallery Walk, students will analyse:

Image 1 – Photograph

Image 2 – Sketch

Image 3 – Political cartoon

Image 4 – Painting

Image 5 – Artifact

Image 6 – Quote

Image 7 – Petition

Image 8 – Photograph

Image 9 – Wood Engraving

WHAT’S INCLUDED?

• 9 images of Primary (one secondary) Sources
• 3 image specific questions per image
• Student Recording Sheet
• Teacher Directions
• Teacher Answer Key

Students can work individually or in pairs to analyse the 9 images and record them on the accompanying graphic organisers.