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Eureka Stockade

The Eureka Rebellion

3 December 2013 · Leave a Comment

Swearing Allegiance to the Southern Cross (Eureka Rebellion)

Various items relating to the Eureka Rebellion of 1854, the Battle of the Eureka Stockade (3rd December 1854), the subsequent Eureka trials, and some of the leading people involved (arranged in chronological order). Ballaarat [14 November 1854] An article regarding some of … [Read more...] about The Eureka Rebellion

Filed Under: IAC significant events, IAC topics Tagged With: Eureka Rebellion, Eureka Stockade, Eureka trials and Eureka prisoners, significant events and commemorative dates

The Eureka rebellion: Diggers take up arms against police and military [chapter 52 of “The story of Australia” by Martin Hambleton]

23 October 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This is chapter 52 of “The story of Australia” by Martin Hambleton. Published in The Sunday Mail, 23 June 1935.] The story of Australia — LII The Eureka rebellion Diggers take up arms against police and military The refusal of Governor Hotham to release the … [Read more...] about The Eureka rebellion: Diggers take up arms against police and military [chapter 52 of “The story of Australia” by Martin Hambleton]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: Eureka Rebellion, Eureka Stockade, gold licence, Martin Hambleton (1869-1938) (author), Peter Lalor (1827-1889) (subject), SourceTrove, The story of Australia (by Martin Hambleton), year1935

To the colonists of Victoria [letter from Peter Lalor, 7 April 1855]

28 August 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: A letter from Peter Lalor, leader of the Eureka rebellion at Ballarat in 1854, regarding the battle of the Eureka Stockade and related matters. Published in The Geelong Advertiser and Intelligencer, 7 April 1855. The letter was also published in several other newspapers … [Read more...] about To the colonists of Victoria [letter from Peter Lalor, 7 April 1855]

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