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At 4am in the morning, Ballarat was dark and dismal. Nonetheless, about forty people, suitable dressed for the cold and the light drizzle, assembled at the Eureka Stockade Memorial Park to commemorate ...

In Australia in the years between 1851 and 1860, Victoria’s population ballooned from less than 100,000 to more than 500,000 as the state’s gold rush brought with it prosperity but also problems.

Nonetheless, about 40 people, suitably dressed for the cold and the light drizzle, assembled at the Eureka Stockade Memorial Park to commemorate the 170th anniversary of the 1854 Eureka Rebellion. The ...

It was exactly 170 years ago this week that brave men died inside the Eureka Stockade after pledging, under the flag of the Southern Cross, to fight for their rights and liberties.

As the 170th anniversary of the Eureka Rebellion rolls around, experts say the true story of the event — and its iconic Southern Cross flag — need to be remembered.

All featured the Southern Cross, a constellation only visible from the Southern Hemisphere. And all but the Eureka flag included the Union Jack in the top-left quarter – the canton. The Aussie flag ...

Charles Alphonse Doudiet, Swearing allegiance to the 'Southern Cross', December 1st 1854, 1854. Watercolour and ink on paper. Purchased with the assistance of many donors, 1996.

Eureka had become a boutique and often divisive subject. In the 1990s, the local Southern Cross flag signaled support for unions, workers’ rights or Communism; more recently, it has become ...

One of the most revered days on the Australian historical calendar was celebrated in Toowoomba on Saturday with the hoisting of the Southern Cross flag on the 168th anniversary of the Eureka Stockade.

1. ‘Swearing allegiance to the Southern Cross’ The Eureka Stockade, sketched by a Canadian artist and digger, Charles Doudiet, December 1, 1854. Source: Wikimedia/ Ball ...