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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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National Museum of Australia - Southern Cross   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

The Southern Cross has been a part of Australia's Indigenous cosmology for millennia. Named Crux Australis and identified with the southern continents, it is considered Australia's oldest symbol. Since 1823 the Southern Cross has appeared on the flags in...

Goold, James Alipius (1812 - 1886) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online   (website Australian Dictionary of Biography )

GOOLD, JAMES ALIPIUS (1812-1886), Roman Catholic archbishop, was born on 4 November 1812 into a prosperous commercial family in Cork, Ireland. Central control of Catholic education was established in the 1850s by the bishop and his vicar-general, John Fi...

Powlett, Frederick Armand (1811 - 1865) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online   (website Australian Dictionary of Biography )

POWLETT, FREDERICK ARMAND (1811-1865), public servant, was born in January 1811 in Shropshire, England, the son of Rev. Powlett next became chief commissioner of crown lands, but this post was abolished in 1860 while he was absent in England. Print Publ...

Macdonald, Alexander Cameron (1828 - 1917) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online   (website Australian Dictionary of Biography )

MACDONALD, ALEXANDER CAMERON (1828-1917), accountant, surveyor and geographer, was born on 9 August 1828 at Campbelltown, New South Wales, third of the twelve children of Alexander Macdonald, grazier, and his wife Sarah, née Warby. He played a part in i...

Mackness, Constance (1882 - 1973) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online   (website Australian Dictionary of Biography )

MACKNESS, CONSTANCE (1882-1973), teacher and author, was born on 17 June 1882 at Tuena, New South Wales, second child of James Mackness, goldminer, and his native-born wife Alice, née Brown. In 1917 the Church, wisely guided as was said in retrospect, s...

Hitchcock, Walter Michelmore (1832 - 1923) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online   (website Australian Dictionary of Biography )

HITCHCOCK FAMILY: GEORGE MICHELMORE (1831-1912) and WALTER MICHELMORE (1832-1923), businessmen, were sons of William Hitchcock, South Molton, Devon, England, and his first wife Mary Elizabeth, née Tope. In 1857 at Geelong Walter married Mary, daughter o...

Bush Telegraph: Great Speeches   (website Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) )

Which one of these Great Speeches from Rural Australia inspired you the most? Peter Lalor and the Ballarat Goldfields speech. Sir William McKell's speech on the Snowy Mountain Hydro Scheme....