How did the Industrial revolution affect the working conditions of Australians in the 1800s?

This is a source-based homework task to support student understanding of the NSW History syllabus for the Australian Curriculum
Stage 5
Depth Study 1 - Making a better world?
The Industrial Revolution
Students analyse a variety of primary and secondary, visual and written sources to learn how the Industrial Revolution affected the working conditions of Australians in the 1800s. It includes urban and rural work and the work of men, women and children. Australia was more fortunate than European and North American countries in terms of worker's rights as these countries suffered harsher conditions and fought longer and harder for improvements. Australia, by contrast, acted comparatively quickly to establish better working conditions and worker's rights - unless you were female, ATSI, working in isolated areas or in most rural industries. The good news was that from 1856 legislation became proactive rather than reactionary.