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Table from the 1842 Commissioners' Report Showing Average Wages and Food Consumption of Mining Families
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The 1842 Commissioners' Report Showing Measurement of Collier Girls
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1842 Commissioners' Report: Average Wages and Food Consumption of Mining Families
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Illustration from 1842 Commissioners' Report
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Account from the 1842 Commissioners' Report Showing Health Issues of Miners
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1842 Commission Evidence Recounting a Mining Accident in 1938 (2 of 2)
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1842 Commission Evidence Recounting a Mining Accident in 1938 (1 of 2)
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1842 Commission Text on Causes of Death in Coal Mining Accidents
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1842 Commission Text on Accidents in Coal Mines
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1842 Commisioners' Findings on Schooling for Mining Children
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1842 Commissioners' Findings on Schooling for Mining Children
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1842 Commissioners' Findings on School Instruction for a Mining Community
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Chart Illustrating 1842 Commissioners' Findings into Wages
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The 1842 Commissioners' Report Showing Measurement of Farm Boys
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The 1842 Commissioners' Report Showing Measurement of Farm Girls
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The 1842 Commissioners' Report Showing Measurement of Collier Boys
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Printed text from 1842 Royal Commission into Children's Employment (Mines) Report
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Cover of 1842 Royal Commission into Children's Employment (Mines) Report
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Illustration of a Victorian Thruster
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Illustration of a Victorian Hurrier
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Illustration of a Victorian Getter at the Coalface
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Illustration of Children Working in a Narrow Underground Roadway
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Illustration from Victorian Report on Children's Employment
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Victorian Children's Jobs
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Using Evidence - example of statistical information (PDF)
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Mining Objects Card Game (PDF)
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Lesson Idea: Recreating the Huskar Inquest (PDF)
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Flame Safety Lamp (PDF)
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Mining Vocabulary (PDF)
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Using Evidence - example of an illustration (PDF)
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Using Evidence - example of a quote (PDF)
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National Archives Old Money To New
BBC Schools KS2 resource on Victorian children working in coal mines
National Archives resources on children working in the Victorian mines
Historical Association: resources on Victorian children in the mines
Hidden Lives Revealed: Article on poverty in the Victorian era