xvii, 539 pages, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits, photographs ; 24 cm
regular print
Contents
Introduction : dust and rattling bones -- Part 1. Transitions -- 1. A virgin country -- 2. Deliverance -- 3. Crossing the line -- 4. The road -- Part 2. Transformations -- 5. The gold diggers on '54 -- 6. Winners and losers -- 7. The winter of their discontent -- 8. Parting with my sex -- Part 3 : Transgressions -- 9. Burning down the house -- 10. High camp -- 11. Crossing the line (reprise) -- 12. Bloody Sunday
Summary
The story of the Eureka rebellion may be one of modern Australias foundation myths, but until now it has been told as though only half the participants were there. As Clare Wright reveals, there were any number of women at large on the goldfields, many of them active in pivotal roles
Analysis
Australian
Eureka Stockade
Ballarat
Women
Gold
Riots
Women's studies
History
Ballarat (Vic.) - History - 1851-1901
Eureka Stockade (Ballarat, Vic.)
Gold miners - Victoria - Ballarat - History
Riots - Victoria - Ballarat - History
Victoria - goldfields
Notes
Maps on end papers
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 506-524) and index
Audience
Tertiary/Undergraduate, General
Notes
Stella Prize, 2014
The Nib : Waverley Library Award for Literature, 2014