Eureka: The Unfinished Revolution

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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 raises, and even in the 19-century visitor Mark Twain called it "a strike for liberty, a struggle for principle, a stand against injustice and oppression."

Was this rebellion a fledging 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 life Australian legends on both sides of the rebellion.

Features:

• Title: Eureka: The Unfinished Revolution
• Author: Peter Fitzsimons
• Genre: Histortical
• Non-fiction
• No. of pages: 736
• Hardback