Eureka [electronic resource] : The Unfinished Revolution
Peter FitzSimons2012
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Eureka: the unfinished revolution . . . history comes to life with Peter
FitzSimons.
In 1854, Victorian miners fought a deadly battle under the flag of the Southern
Cross at the Eureka Stockade. Though brief and doomed to fail, the battle is
legend in both our history and in the Australian mind. Henry Lawson wrote poems
about it, its symbolic flag is still raised, and even the nineteenth-century
visitor Mark Twain called it: " a strike for liberty".
Was this rebellion a fledgling nation's first attempt to assert its independence
under colonial rule? Or was it merely rabble-rousing by unruly miners determined
not to pay their taxes.
In his inimitable style, Peter FitzSimons gets into the hearts and minds of
those on the battlefield, and those behind the scenes, bringing to life
Australian legends on both sides of the rebellion.
Main title:
Eureka [electronic resource] : The Unfinished Revolution / Peter FitzSimons
Author:
Peter FitzSimons, Author
Imprint:
Australia : Random House Australia, 2012
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (736 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781742755267
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
439066
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