Main ideas tell what a paragraph, page, or text is about. They are supported by details. The fictional letters and diary entries in this book aim to show what life may have been like for a verity of people who flocked to the Australian goldfields of Ballarat, Buninyong, Bendigo, and Mt Alexander in the early 1850s.Reading Age: 12.5 years Text Type: RecountContents:IntroductionLettersDiary Entries - Thomas PutterLettersDiary Entries - James MartinEnd Note