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Eureka - the White Hat guideWe are currently preparing a short account of the Eureka uprising. Please return again soon. Sovereign Hill, Ballarat and Wildlife Park
Tours
of Ballarat
ResourcesOne of the few surviving accounts of the Eureka uprising is the Lazarus Diary. NotesIt is common for present-day movements or organisations to co-opt historical names or icons which they feel align with their cause. Not all agree with this appropriation and since the historical people in question are dead they cannot say whether they would approve or disapprove. Thus, not all today who are sympathetic with the values of the miners at the Eureka Stockade are sympathetic with the values of those organisations who have co-opted the Eureka flag.
This large mural (20m by 3.6 m) is made up of 66 panels of jewellery enamel on copper. The mural is in the form of a "line drawing" which Nolan applied to the enamel with finger and thumb before the copper sheets were then fired.
The subject is the Eureka Stockade civil uprising on the Ballarat goldfields in 1854 which forms an important part of Australia's history.
The work was created in collaboration with the enamellers Patrick Furse and Robin Banks.
Even though the foyer where it is located is usually closed at night, the mural
is illuminated and clearly visible through the windows during the evening. Location: Ground Floor Foyer, Reserve Bank of Australia, 60 Collins Street, Melbourne
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TOURISM NEWS
Qantas In Flight Magazine chooses
White Hat
Cemetery Tour as its featured Australian tour for May
There are many fine historical tours
throughout Australia including cemetery tours. From these, the
prestigious Qantas In Flight Magazine has chosen the White Hat Tour
of Melbourne Cemetery as its featured Australian tour for the May
2007 edition. This tour was also featured by ABC radio on 24 May and
will feature in a documentary series on Burke and Wills to be shown
on European television in 2008. The tour has been operating for many years and has won
praise from a wide range of sources. This is not a dry and stuffy
tour but in keeping with all White Hat offerings it is Informed,
Intelligent, Independent (and occasionally) Irreverent. You can find
details of the tour at White
Hat Tour of Melbourne Cemetery and view the article at
Qantas In Flight Magazine. |
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