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The Eureka Flag based on the constellation of the Southern Cross. Image courtesy of the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery and Australian Museums & Galleries Online. The Eureka rebellion, which is often referred to as the 'Eureka Stockade', is a key event in the ...
Unknown artist, Ben Hall, the bushranger, c. The exploits, capture and death of 'Brave' Ben Hall in the 1860s are part of Australian folklore, as well as marking a historical shift in the treatment of bushrangers. Hall's exploits and the apparent ineffi...
Australian folklore, its traditions, customs and beliefs are based on both Indigenous and also non-Indigenous people's knowledge and experience of history in Australia. Some of Australia's folklore remembers the relationship between Europeans and Aborigi...
The gold rushes of the nineteenth century and the lives of those who worked the goldfields - known as 'diggers' - are etched into our national folklore. There is no doubt that the gold rushes had a huge effect on the Australian economy and our development...
A lady holding a small child [Quarantine Station], Tom Gray Collection, 3. Image courtesy of Manly Quarantine Station. Eventually, the arrival of people from diverse societies created a cultural diversity that is now an integral part of Australian society...
The songs and music that has come from people's experiences of living and surviving in the Australian bush has become known in Australia as 'bush music'. The convict songs of the early days of the Australian colonies became the foundation of Australia's ...
Unknown, Portrait of the bushranger Ned Kelly, 1880, glass plate negative. More books, songs and websites have been written about Ned Kelly and the Kelly Gang than any other group of Australian historical figures. Unknown, Kate Kelly, sister of Ned Kelly...
Eureka Stockade Film (more info)
The website for "The Eureka Stockade", a film by the Eureka Film Co planned for production in 2003. An epic story of action, adventure, romance and hope.
This site presents around ninety documents that trace not only the events of late December 1854, but also the lead-up to and the aftermath of the battle at Eureka. The documents have been organised into 9 'focuses', which concentrate on different aspect
irn=301482&search=1854&site_id=3 > N1948 Medal, Sydney Exhibition, Products of NSW 1854, bronze, Australia, 1854 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=301482&search=1854&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? i...
irn=160656&search=eureka+flag&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=196583&search=eureka+flag&site_id=3 > A8242 Flag, replica, Eureka Stockade, (1854), 1982 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=40364&sear...
Image courtesy of the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery and Australian Museums & Galleries Online. The Eureka rebellion, which is often referred to as the 'Eureka Stockade', is a key event in the development of Australian democracy and Australian identity, with s...
Dustjacket synopsis: "In Australia's folk memory, one event will forever stand as the great example of courage and resistance to authority: the Eureka Stockade. To him, the events were 'a practical assertion of fair-goism which, at the cost of some anguis...
Miners at Ballarat are outraged. Recently, a digger named Scobie was kicked to death at the Eureka hotel in Ballarat. ~áPeter Lalor was badly injured and went into hiding, leaving his fellow miners to deal with their own problems. ...
irn=238285&search=flags&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=152798&search=flags&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=353784&search=flags&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/da...
>User keywords, or 'tags', are words added to object records by other users to enhance their discovery. Festive Decorations > Eureka flags>>+ 85/2503 Flag, 'Eureka', hand painted, Au... The Museum continues to update and add new research to collection re...
Deputation Police Constable Henry Goodenough, an undercover agent for the government, had infiltrated his way into the stockade under the pretence of being a fellow digger. That evening, paranoid that spies had infiltrated the Camp, both Commissioner Red...
Medal - Scottish Dancing Prize, Eureka Stockade Carnival Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1931 > Reg. Australia Victoria Sale>Medal - Scottish Dancing Prize, Eureka Stockade Carnival Ballarat 1931 (AD)>Mint:not recorded>Awarded to: Bowman, Gladys>Other Det...
Medal - Scottish Dancing Prize, Eureka Stockade Carnival Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1931 > Reg. Australia Victoria Sale>Medal - Scottish Dancing Prize, Eureka Stockade Carnival Ballarat 1931 (AD)>Mint:not recorded>Awarded to: Bowman, Gladys>Other Det...
Medal - Scottish Dancing Prize, Eureka Stockade Carnival Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1931 > Reg. Australia Victoria Sale>Medal - Scottish Dancing Prize, Eureka Stockade Carnival Ballarat 1931 (AD)>Mint:not recorded>Awarded to: Bowman, Gladys>Other Det...
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