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Once again i delayed reading a much heralded book until my reading group did it, and so it is only now that ive read clare wrights stella prize winning history, the forgotten rebels of eureka. Homes and businesses were torched, suspected rebels and their protectors were pursued and cut down, hundreds were arrested. The forgotten rebels of eureka by clare wright, paperback. The forgotten rebels of eureka is written for the general reader but is backed by the kind of thorough research that you would expect in an academic book. This event we have come to know as the eureka stockade.
Charles evans was a twentysixyearold printer from shropshire, england, who had kept a daily diary since arriving on the ballarat goldfield in november 1853. May 12, 2015 guardian the forgotten rebels of eureka offers us a full cast of fleshandblood women who belong in any telling of the eureka story, and in any account of australian goldfields life. The forgotten rebels of eureka historical novel society. The forgotten rebels of eureka victorian collections. Online discussion with clare wright, author of the. The forgotten rebels of eureka ebook by clare wright. The trades hall eureka flag, made of cotton material, was used in union marches during the 1940s. Its one of australias foundation legendsyet the story has always been told as if half the participants werent there. Clare wrights the forgotten rebels of eureka is a concentrated study of the five years or so from the discovery of gold at ballarat in 1851 to the aftermath of the 1854 eureka stockade. Robyn annear is a writer and historian based in castlemaine, victoria. It is a far cry from the stories and images of my school history books which portrayed a. Purchase 3 or more books and get free delivery on your whole order.
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