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The Eureka Rebellion was a series of events involving gold miners who revolted against the British administration of the colony of Victoria, Australia during the Victorian gold rush. It culminated in the Battle of the Eureka Stockade, which took place on 3 December 1854 at Ballarat between the rebels and the colonial forces of Australia. The fighting left at least 27 dead and many injured, most of the casualties being rebels. There was a preceding period beginning in 1851 of peaceful demonstrations and civil disobedience on the Victorian goldfields. The miners had various grievances, chiefly the cost of mining permits and the officious way the system was enforced.
Captain Sir Charles HothamKCB was Lieutenant-Governor and, later, Governor of Victoria, Australia from 22 June 1854 to 10 November 1855.
Henry Erle Seekamp was a journalist, owner and editor of the Ballarat Times during the 1854 Eureka Rebellion in Victoria, Australia. The newspaper was fiercely pro-miner, and he was responsible for a series of articles and several editorials that supported the Ballarat Reform League while condemning the government and police harassment of the diggers. After the Rebellion was put down, he was charged, found guilty of seditious libel, and imprisoned, becoming the only participant to receive gaol time.
Raffaello Carboni was an Italian writer, composer and interpreter who wrote a book on the Eureka Stockade which he witnessed while living in Australia. After periods of travelling, he returned to Italy where he died in Rome.
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1900.
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1901.
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1902.
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1903.
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1904.
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1898.
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1911.
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1913.
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1894.
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1893.
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The political significance of the Eureka Rebellion is contested ground. It may be seen simply as a rebellion by miners against burdensome taxation or, as some authors suggest, the first expression of republican sentiment in Australia. Some would suggest the importance of the event has been exaggerated because Australian history does not include a major armed rebellion equivalent to the French Revolution or the American War of Independence. Others maintain that Eureka was a seminal event that marked a major change in the course of Australian history.
The 1854 mining revolt in Australia, Eureka Rebellion inspired numerous novels, poems, films, songs, plays and artworks. Much of Eureka folklore relies heavily on Raffaello Carboni's 1855 book, The Eureka Stockade, which was the first and only comprehensive eyewitness account of the Eureka rebellion. The poet Henry Lawson wrote about Eureka, as have many novelists.
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- ↑ "Austlit — A Romance of the Bush by E. P. R." Austlit. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
- ↑ "Austlit — "Song" by Charles Harpur". Austlit. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
- ↑ "Austlit — The Eureka Stockade by Raffaello Carboni". Austlit. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
- ↑ "Kelly, Edward (Ned) (1855–1880) by John V. Barry". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
- ↑ "Becke, George Lewis (Louis) (1855–1913) by Sally O'Neill". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
- ↑ "William Astley (1855–1911) by B. G. Andrews". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
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