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Wright, Clare Alice,

The forgotten rebels of Eureka / Clare Wright. - Melbourne, A : Text Publishing, 2013. - xvii, 539 pages, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits, photographs ; 24 cm.

Maps on end papers.

Includes bibliographical references (page 506-524) and index.

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.

Tertiary/Undergraduate, General.

ISBN: 9781922147370 (hardback)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Riots--History.--Australia--Ballarat (Vic.)
Gold miners--History.--Australia--Ballarat (Vic.)
Eureka Stockade (Ballarat, Vic.)
Eureka Stockade, 1854.
Eureka Stockade, Ballarat, Vic., 1854.
Gold miners--History.--Victoria--Ballarat
Riots--History.--Victoria--Ballarat
Eureka Stockade (Ballarat, Vic.)

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Eureka Stockade (Ballarat, Vic.)
Ballarat (Vic.)--History--1851-1901.

Subjects--Index Terms: Eureka Stockade Australian Ballarat Women Gold Riots History Women's studies

Dewey Class. No.: 994.57031