Naturally, this firm irreverence towards those in power is ongoing. Sedition and rebellion has always worried the political …

  Support for the Eureka rebels amongst the local population of Victoria was widespread. Massive meetings took place in Melb…

  This inspection foray hastened a change in the leadership of the Reform League, to people who championed ‘physical f…

  On Saturday, 11 November 1854 an assembly of more than 10,000 miners met at Bakery Hill. At this meeting, the Ballarat Ref…

Additional events inflamed the politically charged atmosphere in Ballarat. On 6 October 1854, the Scottish miner James Scobi…

  The colonial authorities of Victoria faced a disastrous financial crisis in the 1850s. In spite of the wealth from gold mi…

The first organised worker’s movement commenced in Britain around 1824 and with it came the term Socialism which originated …

  People from more than twenty countries and a diverse range of socio- economic and cultural backgrounds came to the Victori…

After many land wars by Aboriginal nations against British colonialism, the battle at the Eureka Stockade was fought on 3rd …