A wonderful combination of characters, music, information and amusing drama, with students joining the performance, taking on various character roles and actively discovering the amazing journeys of many immigrants during the gold rush.
Cathy Sampson, Castlemaine Nth PS
Really complemented our gold rush unit. The music was great, you covered so much good content, there was plenty of material for the teachers to draw on and the way you incorporate so many different perspectives is really excellent.
Brigid Little, St John’s PS, Frankston
It was an enjoyable and most informative show and we all gained lots of new insight into life on the gold fields. I hope that you can come again in a couple of year’s time.
Jenny Penaluna, Daylesford Secondary College
It was much enjoyed by staff and students alike. You encapsulated the aspects of the gold rush (geographical, social historical, economic and political) all in one, which was great.
David Senior, Senior School Coordinator, Cheltenham PS
The students loved it! They told me about the songs and instruments and one of the teachers mentioned how inspired they were to write about the gold fields in their afternoon class. All in all they had a fantastic time!
Elaine Keely, St Mary’s, Cohuna
incursion
3-6 to 10-12
The Arts - Drama, The Arts - Music, History, Geography , Languages , Civics And Citizenship
Australian History, Gold, Gold Rush, Democracy, Class Conflict Between Diggers And Squatters As Represented By Victorian Government, Gold License, Digger's Life, Chinese On Gold Fields, Women On Goldfields, Immigration.
Drama, Live Music, Music Theatre
60 minutes plus questions
$5 per student, with $500 minimum per show (Travel and accomodation may be necessary for some locations.)
School Term:
Term 1, Term 2, Term 3, Term 4
Jan operates out of Castlemaine, Victoria, and is available all year in Victoria and southern NSW. For elsewhere in Australia it needs to be a string of shows, so please send Jan an enquiry and we'll see if he can come your way.
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