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Eureka Stockade: Directed by Harry Watt. With Chips Rafferty, Jane Barrett, Jack Lambert, Peter Illing. In 1854, Australian gold rush miners struggle for their rights against an oppressive government.
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- Drama, History, Western
- Harry Watt
- 1949-01-26
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- Conflict on The Goldfields
- Murder at The Eureka Hotel
- Eureka and The Southern Cross Flag
From 1853 miners began to gather at ‘monster’ meetings to voice their concerns about the licencing system. They alleged the police were extorting money, accepting bribes and imprisoning people without due process. Delegations presented their concerns to Governor La Trobe, but he was unreceptive to the requests. Many of the miners were politically e...
On 6 October 1854, Scottish miner James Scobie was killed in an altercation at the Eureka Hotel in Ballarat. The proprietor, James Bentley, was accused of killing Scobie. A court of inquiry was held and Bentley was quickly exonerated. The miners sensed a miscarriage of justice, in part because one of the court members, John D’Ewes, was a police mag...
Over the next weeks the miners met and elected delegates. On 27 November 1854 the delegates approached the new Victorian Governor, Charles Hotham. The delegation demanded the release of the men who burned down Bentley’s Eureka Hotel. Governor Hotham took offence to having demands made of him and dismissed the grievances. He sent 150 British soldier...
Spectacular account of the infamous Eureka Stockade, and the events leading up to it.
- Harry Watt
- Ealing Studios
Eureka Stockade, rebellion (December 3, 1854) in which gold prospectors in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia—who sought various reforms, notably the abolition of mining licenses—clashed with government forces. It was named for the rebels’ hastily constructed fortification in the Eureka goldfield.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Framed as a people’s struggle against British ruling class oppression, the film opens by comparing the rebellion to England’s Magna Carta, as well as the French and American revolutions.
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Eureka Stockade. In 1848 gold was discovered in America. In that year, and the one that followed, prospectors from all over the world flocked to California to seek their fortunes in the “Great Gold Rush”. Two years later in sleepy Buninyong, near Ballarat, Victoria, another gold rush began.
