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they mainly ate mutton(meat),damper(bread) and tea.they also make jam,butter and soap.

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That depends on which gold rush you are referring to.

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Food was very expensive in the gold camps so they ate as cheap as possible. Eggs, bread, beans, a bit of meat, bacon were some of the staples of the miner.

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What did the miners eat during the Australian gold rush?

Damper, Mutton and Tea.


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