"My Country all gone the white men have stolen it" : The invasion of Wadawurrung Country 1800-1870
- Authors: Cahir, David (Fred)
- Date: 2019
- Type: Text , Book
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- Description: "The Wadawurrung are the Aboriginal people whose Country includes the cities now known as Ballarat and Geelong. Fred Cahir examines the contact history in the period 1800-1870 of the Wadawurrung and the ngamadjidj (generally translated as white stranger belonging to the sea). Divided into chronological and thematic section, the book chronicles three waves of invasion: the early invasion period incorporating trespassers predominately from the sea, the sheepherders or squatters who followed in their wake and usurped the Wadawurrung of all their Country for sheep runs, and the third wave of invaders - the gold seekers. This historical study is transformative as it presents a compelling argument of how the Wadawurrung were active agents of change and sought cultural enrichment in the midst of the frontier war on their Country." --back cover.
A tour of the mines - An anthology of travel accounts and reminiscences of Ballarat, 1851-1901
- Authors: Clark, Ian
- Date: 2014
- Type: Text , Book
- Relation: Vol. Volume One : 1851-1861
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- Description: This anthology is a trove of impressions of Ballarat and its environs. The visitors come from all walks of life - journalists, politicians, royalty, actors, artists, and clergy including an Aboriginal evangelist. Many perspectives are represented including Indian, Canadian, American, Swiss, Hungarian, French, English, Welsh, Irish, Scottish, German, and Viennese. This is Volume One covering the decade from 1851 to 1861. Ballarat in its first decade as a centre of gold mining is very much the story of the invasion of the gold diggers, and the conflict at the Eureka Stockade in 1854. Aboriginal people are present in this anthology as the Wathawurrung Aboriginal people of the Ballarat district and the policing by the Native Police Corps are discussed by numerous writers.
Mullawallah : The last King Billy of Ballarat
- Authors: Newton, Janice
- Date: 2014
- Type: Text , Book
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- Description: The story of Mullawallah (the last King Billy of Ballarat) brings together excellent research and a sensitive and passionate approach to this early period of Ballarat's seldom-told history. It spans the life of one Wathaurung man, Mullawallah, known as King Billy. Janice Newton shows a thoughtful approach to the difficult subject of early contact and of the relations between Aboriginal leaders and Europeans. Images rarely seen before enhance the pages of this well research text. (From back cover).
The true story of the Pikeman's Dog at the Eureka Stockade : The rebel's dog with the royal award
- Authors: Williams, Paul
- Date: 2009
- Type: Text , Book
- Full Text: false
- Description: The faithful dog has the ability to become an Australian legend, as has Simpson's Donkey of Gallipoli. The true, heartrending tale of a devoted terrier's reaction to the death of his master, a pikeman at the ill-fated and brutal Eureka Stockade, is what legends are made of.
- Description: 2003008030
The Eureka encyclopaedia
- Authors: Corfield, Justin , Wickham, Dorothy , Gervasoni, Clare
- Date: 2004
- Type: Text , Book
- Full Text: false
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- Description: A1
- Description: 2003000960
The Liberator's Birthday
- Authors: Blee, Jillian
- Date: 2002
- Type: Text , Book
- Full Text: false
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- Description: A1
- Description: 2003000176