Gold rushes: everything you wanted to know

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🗓️ 31 July 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Stephen Tuffnell answers listener questions on the series of gold rushes that captivated the imaginations of hordes of prospectors in the 19th century. Speaking to Ellie Cawthorne, he explores what drew people to remote gold fields, what life was like in mining camps, and how gold rushes transformed economic, ecological and social landscapes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Just Between Us, the podcast with all of the answers, some of the time.
0:05.0	A bit of a different thing going on this week.
0:07.3	You've been immature and you've lied.
0:10.3	And now you're trying to turn it on me and manipulate me and gaslight me.
0:13.9	I was trying to manipulate you.
0:15.7	Diana, you would be chucking their clothes out of the window.
0:18.1	I know, I'd be like, are you joking?
0:20.6	I don't know.
0:21.7	I guess you'd have to ask.
0:23.5	Someone that has sex.
0:24.2	Someone that has sex.
0:26.3	And remember, it's just between us.
0:30.9	Hello and welcome to the History Extra podcast from BBC History Magazine and BBC History
0:46.8	Reveal.
0:56.0	I'm Ellie Cawthorne.
1:01.0	In the 19th century, the world was gripped by gold fever.
1:06.8	We've all got an image of grizzled prospectors running to the hills with a pickax and a gold pan.
1:11.6	But how many miners actually made their fortunes in gold rushes?
1:15.1	And how many were chasing a hollow dream?
1:18.6	For today's Everything You Wanted to Know episode,
1:22.2	I spoke to the historian Dr Stephen Tufnell about the great gold rushes of the 19th century.
1:25.9	We had some brilliant questions in for this one, so thanks to all
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