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Eureka Stockade - Australia's Culture Portal

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 d...

Chinatowns across Australia - Australia's Culture Portal

Image courtesy of the National Trust of Queensland, Hou Wang Temple. The businesses in Chinatowns offered accommodation, medicinal herbs, fresh food grown by Chinese market gardeners and groceries. A Chinese school, a language and culture centre and a Ch...

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The Eureka Centre   (more info)

The Eureka Centre provides a national focus for debate about, and interpretation of, the Eureka story and is located on what is considered to be the site of the Eureka Rebellion. A popular tourist destination that opened in March 1998, the centre commemor

Sovereign Hill   (more info)

Sovereign Hill is centrally located in the regional Victorian City of Ballarat, in the heart of Victoria's rich Goldfields Region. The website gives information on school holiday activities, special exhibitions at the gold museum, corporate / media inform

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Ballarat Goldfields Diary, What Others Say, State Library of Victoria   (website(s) Australian Centre for Youth Literature    State Library of Victoria (SLV) )

The significance of the Ballarat Goldfields Diary is outlined below by Geoffrey Blainey, Robyn Annear and Anne-Marie Schwirtlich. 'It is most unusual to find a miner keeping a diary especially of this length about everyday life, and about the little thing...

About the Ballarat Goldfields Diary, State Library of Victoria   (website(s) Australian Centre for Youth Literature    State Library of Victoria (SLV) )

The diary begins on 8 July 1855 and ends at noon on 1 January 1856. While the diarist s identity is unknown, his entries suggest that he came from Scotland, lured by gold fever to the goldfields of Ballarat. Information about the Foundation and how you ...

Ballarat Goldfields Diary Sample Pages   (website(s) Australian Centre for Youth Literature    State Library of Victoria (SLV) )

[Joe] also tells us that while the Bengal Tiger kept at the Montezuma was being taken along on a cart in a strong box (the wood thereof being 2 inches thick) the cart capsized and the box split in two pieces and out sprang the Bengal gent& The tiger spran...

Ballarat Goldfields Diary Supporters, State Library of Victoria   (website(s) Australian Centre for Youth Literature    State Library of Victoria (SLV) )

The Goldfields Diary Appeal was generously supported by:<br/><br/> Information about the Foundation and how you can support the Library. Last updated: 02 July 2009 > &copy 2004 - 2009 State Library of Victoria> Home | About this Site | Site Map Copyright...

Ballarat Goldfields Diary, State Library of Victoria   (website(s) Australian Centre for Youth Literature    State Library of Victoria (SLV) )

The State Library of Victoria Foundation has raised $50,000 to purchase an extraordinary diary written in 1855 by a Scottish gold-digger residing in Ballarat. <br/><br/>The diary charts six eventful months in the miner's life, telling of a fire that kille...

Organs of the Ballarat Goldfields - Move Records   (website Move Records )

Performers include Laura Cantagalli, Rosalie Bonighton, Ryoko Mori, Rhys Boak, John O'Donnell, and Sergio de Pieri. organ in the Pleasant St. Uniting Church Toccata on "Puer Nobis" - R. Bonighton"Joshua fought the battle of Jericho" - R. BonightonRosalie ...

Transcript - The Native Police on the Ballarat Goldfields, September 1851 - Electronic Encyclopedia of Gold in Australia   (website eGold )

Commandant Dana reports to the Colonial Secretary about incidents which took place on the Ballarat goldfields during a visit by the Commissioner for Crown Lands, accompanied by the Native Police. I accompanied the Commissioner and Mr Armstrong to the Ball...

Extract - The Native Police on the Ballarat Goldfields, September 1851 - Electronic Encyclopedia of Gold in Australia   (website eGold )

Commandant Dana reports to the Colonial Secretary about incidents which took place on the Ballarat goldfields during a visit by the Commissioner for Crown Lands, accompanied by the Native Police. Letter from Commandant Dana to Colonial Secretary,, Septemb...

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Classic FM Music Details - 30/08/2006: 30th August 2006   (website Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) )

- Julianne Baird, s; Ronn McFarlane, lABC Classics 446 631-2 4'09Schubert Three dances - Roger Woodward, pABC 476 8788 3'02Josef Strauss Waltz, Pleasure Seekers, Op 91 - Vienna Phil Orch / Lorin MaazelDG 477 5366 8'26Rutter Gloria I - Polyphony; The City ...

Rural Online - 05/02/2007: Great Rural Speeches - Peter Lalor   (website Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) )

Peter Lalorís Bakery Hill Speech. On Thursday 30 November 1854, the last of a series of meetings was held on Bakery Hill in the centre of Ballarat, to protest at the tactics of the military and police in administering the goldfields. The Canadian Henry R...

Jewel: Eugene von Guerard - RN Artworks - 15-March-2009 -   (website Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) )

The Art Gallery of Ballarat was established in 1884; you might best know it as home to the original Eureka Flag that was flown on the Ballarat goldfields back in 1854. Amanda Smith: The Jewel in the Crown this week takes you to the oldest regional gallery...

Microsoft Word - If the Walls Could Talk In Full.doc   (website Central Deborah Gold Mine )

Ed cation reso rce If The Walls Co ld Talk © Central Deborah Gold Mine, 2006 11 11 11 11 Education Re ource If The Walls Co ld If The Walls Co ld Talk If The Walls Co ld Talk If The Walls Co ld Talk Talk Golden Moments Golden Moments an Golden Moments an...

Music Australia - Search Results   (website MusicAustralia )

Ballad of Ballarat [music] : Victoria's 150th anniversary song collection / words by Louise Raymond ; music by Frank Hinz. Ballad of Ballarat [music] / words by Louise Raymond ; music by Frank Hinz. Eureka Day [music] / words and music by Frank Hinz....

Donaghy, John (1842? - 1894) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online   (website Australian Dictionary of Biography )

DONAGHY, JOHN (1842-1894), businessman and politician, was born probably on 11 May 1842 at Liverpool, England, son of Michael Donaghy, rope-maker, and his wife Mary, n~®e McManus. He had long supported the movement for separate councils for Geelong and G...

Michel, Louis John (1825 - 1904) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online   (website Australian Dictionary of Biography )

Louis John Michel (1825 - 1904), by unknown photographer, courtesy of La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria. MICHEL, LOUIS JOHN (1825-1904), gold discoverer, was born on 5 July 1825 at Walworth, Surrey, England, son of Louis Michel and hi...