In 1854, Victorian miners fought a deadly battle under the flag of the Southern Cross at the Eureka Stockade. Though brief and doomed to fail, the battle is legend in both our history and in the Australian mind. Henry Lawson wrote poems about it, its symbolic flag is still raised, and even the nineteenth-century visitor Mark Twain called it a strike for liberty. Was this rebellion a fledgling nation s first attempt to assert its independence under colonial rule? Or was it merely rabblerousing by unruly miners determined t to pay their taxes? In his inimitable style, Peter FitzSimons gets into the hearts and minds of those on the battlefield, and those behind the scenes, bringing to life Australian legends on both sides of the rebellion.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bolinda Audio
ISBN-10
1743159293
ISBN-13
9781743159293
eBay Product ID (ePID)
191143924
Product Key Features
Topic
History: World & General
Narrator
Robert Meldrum
Language
English
Run Time
1380
Author
Peter Fitzsimons
Format
CD, Mp3 Format
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Contained Items Statement
2 Audio Cds
Date of Publication
11/03/2013
Out-Of-Print Date
22/09/2016
Imprint
Bolinda Audio
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