Year 5 /6L Very Interesting gold facts!!!
Gold is not an alloy; you cannot mix other metals to make gold. lt is a base
element.
Connor
H
During the 1850s after the rich finds in Victoria Australia produced about 40%
of the world's gold.
Adam
F
In ancient Egypt gold was believed to be the symbol of eternal life.
Brodie T
In 1851 Edward Hargraves discovered large deposits of gold near Bathurst,
NSW. Eight months later gold was
found in Ballarat and Bendigo in Victoria
and the gold rush began.
ERIN
Gold is used in computers circuit boards because it's a good conductor, it also
conducts heat.
JARROD
As a result of the gold rush of the L850's, population of Australia tripled as
people came seek their fortune.
James
The 'Welcome Stanger' was a gold nugget found in Victoria in 1869. lt
weighed a massiveT2 kilograms.
Rebecca
Gold is shiny, soft and dense. lt is also malleable, which means it can easily be
beaten into thin sheets or other shapes. Gold is malleable enough for just
gram to be hammered into a sheet
so thin
1
l square meter in size. lt can also be made
that it appears transparent.
Mikayla
G
Gold can be used as many things from industrial resources such as circuit
boards to money and jewellery. Gold is a very valuable metal.
lazzy D
Not everything that looks like gold is gold, there is fool's gold. Fool's gold
is
actually a mineral called pyrite. Fool's gold is worth NOTHING. lt is a piece of
rock or something hard that is the colour of gold. Don't be fooled by it!
Samantha
Gold can be recycled into jewellery such as bracelets, rings, necklaces and also
money.
Andrew.E
Gold will stay smooth and shiny; it will not corrode and rust.
Caiden
The symbol for gold on the periodic table is AU and its atomic number is 79.
Harry
J