Eureka: Gathering the 'oppressed of all nations'

Title: Eureka: Gathering the 'oppressed of all nations'
Creator: Beggs-Sunter, Anne
Date: 2008
Type: Text; Journal article
Identifier: http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/37152
Identifier: vital:5183
Identifier: ISSN:1441-0370
Abstract: Over the last one hundred and fifty years, the meaning of the Eureka Stockade has been characterised in different ways. To some it has been the birthplace of Australian democracy, to others the germ of republicanism, or the cradle of the labour movement. Eureka can also be celebrated as an early expression or example of internationalism in Australian. The principles and values of the Ballarat Reform league attracted workers Irom many nations in a universal fight for better conditions and political participation. The language and membership of the league were inclusive, embracing a very international definition of the term· 'citizen', though for many years afterward that definition was circumscribed to exclude those of non-white ancestry.; C1
Relation: Journal of Australian Colonial history Vol. 10, no. 1 (2008), p. 15-34
Rights: Copyright University of New England
Rights: This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
Subject: 2103 Historical Studies; Eureka; Ballarat Reform League; Democracy; Diggings; Rebellion; Goldfield; Southern Cross
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