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Eureka Stockade - Australia's Culture PortalThe 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...
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 - the '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 as a...
Eventually, the arrival of people from diverse societies created a cultural diversity that is now an integral part of Australian society and identity. Image courtesy of the Migration Museum, History Trust of South Australia. Migration Museum, History Trus...
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...
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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
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Eureka stockade artefacts (website Heritage Council Victoria )The Heritage Victoria conservation laboratory has conserved artefacts from the area where the Eureka Stockade may have been. When the City of Ballarat proposed to build the Eureka Stockade centre on the site, Heritage Victoria required an archaeologist to...
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...
The Eureka Stockade Gardens mark the site set aside in the late 1800s to acknowledge the Eureka Rebellion of 1854, an event that gave rise to Australia's unique tradition of a 'fair go'. Events like the Eureka Stockade have shaped Australia's political a...
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The Eureka Stockade Gardens commemorate The Eureka Rebellion - one of Australia's defining moments. Visitors can see a monument to the Rebellion, and visit the Eureka Centre in the Eureka Gardens Stockade Precinct. The Eureka Stockade Gardens were includ...
“Prelude”, “Fight in the Stockade”. “THE GOLDEN AGE OF BRITISH FILM MUSIC”. S1-Tk3 “Eureka Stockade: Main Title”....
>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...
The 12-acre Eureka Stockade gardens whilst the site of a defining Australian event, contains no visible relics of the Eureka Stockade or the battle. There is a strong possibility of buried archaeological deposits or relics associated with the battle, its...
The 12-acre Eureka Stockade gardens whilst the site of a defining Australian event, contains no visible relics of the Eureka Stockade or the battle. There is a strong possibility of buried archaeological deposits or relics associated with the battle, its...
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