1. ‘Swearing allegiance to the Southern Cross’ The Eureka Stockade, sketched by a Canadian artist and digger, Charles Doudiet, December 1, 1854. Credit: Wikimedia/ Ball ...

Unearth extraordinary stories of people who came to this country to try – but mostly fail – to make their fortune finding gold. What did people eat, wear, do for fun, sing, read, paint and cry ...