Miners Helmet HC21

A black miner's helmet with a small brim with leather sweat band and small leather strap and stud at back. Helmet has four ventilation holes and webbing inside.

Prior to 1920 miners wore a soft hat similar to a baseball cap. The first 'hard hat' was modeled on helmets worn by soldiers in WWI and was patented in 1919.

Click here to read or download a free Hands on Tauranga resource for teachers 'Gold Fever!'

You could borrow this object prior to a class visit to the Waihi Gold Mine or Waihi Gold Discovery Centre 
https://www.golddiscoverycentre.co.nz/

date: 20th Century 

maximum dimension: 260mm

subject area: Social Science, Technology

subject themes: Mining, Industry

handling collection number: HC21

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Aotearoa Histories Curriculum Links 

• Years 1-3 Kōwhiringa ohaoha me te whai oranga | Economic Activity > Living and Working > The ways different groups of people have lived and worked in this rohe have changed over time.

https://aotearoahistories.education.govt.nz/years-1-3/know#curriculum-content

• Years 4-6 Whakapapa me te whanaungatanga | Culture and identity > Origins, Voyaging and Adaptation >  The stories of groups of people from different periods in our history convey their reasons for and experiences of migration. These stories have shaped their culture and identity in Aotearoa New Zealand.

https://aotearoahistories.education.govt.nz/years-4-6/know#curriculum-content

• Years 7-8 Whakapapa me te whanaungatanga | Culture and identity > Finding a place in Aotearoa New Zealand. Over time people from a wide range of cultures have participated in and contributed to Aotearoa New Zealand, while retaining and adapting their distinctive identities. The histories of Chinese, Indian, and other Asian communities, Pacific communities, refugee and faith-based communities, disability communities, and the Deaf community demonstrate how this has been experienced. Some have met barriers. Advocating for the right to citizenship and respect for difference has contributed to the development of a more diverse nation.

https://aotearoahistories.education.govt.nz/years-7-8/know#curriculum-content

• Years 9 and 10 Whakapapa me te whanaungatanga | Culture and identity > Peopling the colony: inclusion and exclusion. Since the mid-nineteenth century, immigration practices and laws have shaped Aotearoa New Zealand’s population and sought to realise dominant cultural ideals and economic ends, including via Chinese goldminers, Indian and Scandinavian labourers, and Pacific workers.

https://aotearoahistories.education.govt.nz/years-9-10/know#curriculum-content