The Eureka Stockade / Louise Park.
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TextSeries: Mac Australia topics. History.Publication details: South Yarra, Vic. : Macmillan Education Australia, 2010Description: 32 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), 1 map ; 25 cmISBN: 9781420278446Subject(s): Eureka Stockade, Ballarat, Vic., 1854 -- Juvenile literature | Victoria -- History -- 1851-1891 -- Juvenile literatureDDC classification: 994.57 Summary: In the 1850s, a gold rush was underway in the colonies of new South wales and Victoria. On the goldfields of Ballarat tensions were building. Miner were fed up with unlawful police actions and the huge licence fees they had to pay for the right to mine gold. In December 1854 the miners burned their licences and built a stockade around the eureka diggings. On the night of 3 December 1854 police and troopers stormed the miners' stockade.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Junior Non Fiction | J 994.57 PAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 31/03/2021 | 31111058628569 |
Includes index.
Reading ages 9.5-12 years, Upper.
In the 1850s, a gold rush was underway in the colonies of new South wales and Victoria. On the goldfields of Ballarat tensions were building. Miner were fed up with unlawful police actions and the huge licence fees they had to pay for the right to mine gold. In December 1854 the miners burned their licences and built a stockade around the eureka diggings. On the night of 3 December 1854 police and troopers stormed the miners' stockade.
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