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 * Name**- Marry-Ann
 * Personality**- Kind, Gentle but speaks her mind[[image:6cn/Isobel's_Gold_Digger_Diary_Pic.jpg width="250" height="194" align="right"]]
 * Age**-29
 * Family**- Husband & 2 Children
 * Who are they**- Rich family
 * What are they like**- Kind & Generous
 * Information-**Daughter of rich family but when she was 12years old her mother died of illness
 * What did they do before coming to the gold fields**- Marry-Ann was a housewife and her husband owned his own business.
 * Tools**- Gold Pan and shovel.
 * Successful**- Yes
 * Come to goldfields**- 1851

July 25th 1851 Dear Diary, News has just come that some people are finding huge gold nuggets in Ballarat. My husband has already bought the tickets to Australia hoping that when we get there we will find a gold nugget. My husband is leaving tonight so he tried to get on the next ship to Australia, My two children (Elizabeth & Jack) and I am leaving tomorrow at 7:00am. We are all packing and are excited to leave but we also are sad to leave family here in England.

July 27th 1851 Dear Diary, Yesterday we hopped on the ship to Australia. It was very sad to leave the family but we promised to write to each other at least once every two weeks. The ship is very crowded and sometimes it’s hard just to walk around it. The food also isn’t very good but I guess we will get used to it. The ship is also very cold. We wear our warmest clothes and huddle together to keep warm. Sometimes we hope to get some hot soup but it’s always cold. August 13th 1851

Dear Diary

The ship keeps rocking and rocking and Elizabeth keeps getting sea sick all in the cabin and now it smells horrid. None of us can sleep at night because of the strong currents. I already miss my family and friends and I just want to get to Australia and see my husband.

January 3rd 1852

Dear Diary We are finally in Australia. After 5-6 on a crowded boat we are glad to be on dry landl. We first went to buy supplies like food, a tent, a shovel and pan then we went ad bought 2 horses. This cost us about 200 pounds. It should take us about 1 day to get to the gold fields bt tonight we will camp out in our tent.

January 4th 1852

Dear Diary Morning has come and we are ready to head off to the gold fields. Last night we had one of the best sleeps we have had in 6 months and are relieved to be off that horrid boat. At least we are heading off.

January 4th 1852

Dear Diary Its midnight and we have just arrived at the Ballarat Gold Fields. The children are very tired and have gone straight to bed. I am so glad to see my husband. He has already bought a miners licence and started mining yesterday.We now have 3 horses, 2 tents and alot of food so we are on track. I am going to turn the smaller tent into a tea and coffee shop to make money. Well, off to bed for me

January 7th 1852

Dear Dairy The children have just headed off to school. My husband woke up at the crack of dawn and headed down to the mines. I hope he finds gold so I can spend a bit more money on my tea shop.

January 10th 1852

Dear Diary The kids have been at school for 3 days now and say that it is terrific! They have made some new frinds and enjoy going bowling after school. But it isn't going as well for my husband. He has been down and up the mine shafts for days now but still no luck. He says that all the men curse and it is quite crowded in the shafts. Hopefully our family will strike gold soon.