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Author Blake, Gregory, 1955-

Title Eureka Stockade : a ferocious and bloody battle / Gregory Blake
Published Newport, N.S.W. : Big Sky Publishing, 2012

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 MELB  994.57031 Bla/Esa  AVAILABLE
Description xv, 249 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm
Summary The author's argument is that Eureka was not a wanton massacre of innocents, as it has been portrayed. Rather, it was a hard-fought military engagement, a decisive moment in Australian history. In this book it comes alive in a rousing and original manner
Analysis Australian
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-223)
Notes Also available online
Subject Eureka Stockade, Ballarat, Vic., 1854 -- History
Gold miners -- Australia -- Victoria -- History.
Gold mines and mining -- Australia -- Victoria -- Ballarat -- History
Riots -- Australia -- Victoria -- Ballarat -- History
SUBJECT Eureka Stockade (Ballarat, Vic.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86004544 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
Eureka Stockade (Ballarat, Vic.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86004544
Victoria -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86007556 -- 1851-1891
ISBN 9781922132048 (paperback)