207 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 30 cm
regular print
Contents
A rush from the crown -- Before the Ballarat field -- The journey begins -- Gold in the Ballarat hills -- The road to sedition -- Red Ribbon Rebellion -- A new governor -- Joe! Joe! Joe! -- The trouble begin -- 3 December 1854 -- Prisoners of the crown -- Treason against Victoria -- In memoriam --Ballarat after the battle
Summary
A pictorial history of the events leading to the attack on Eureka Stockade in the pre-dawn of 3rd December 1854 - documents the attack by the combined forces of the 12th and 40th Regiments of the British Army, the goldfields police and troopers on the angry diggers who had joined together to defend themselves
Analysis
Eureka Stockade (Ballarat, Vic.) - Pictorial works
Riots - Victoria - Ballarat - Pictorial works
Gold miners - Victoria - History - Pictorial works
Gold miners - Victoria - Ballarat - History - Pictorial works