ONE of Victoria’s most architecturally significant residences — the home of Eureka Stockade leader Peter Lalor’s son — is on the market for the first time in six decades. The grand Lalor House at 293 ...

The Russian city of Sevastopol was falling to the British in the Crimean War but what really startled the 50,000 people who lived around Moreton Bay was the news that more than 60 people had been shot ...

The Eureka Stockade at Ballarat on December 3, 1854, has become the most celebrated rebellion in Australian history. Anyone who considers themselves as progressive sees it as a decisive event in the ...

John Joseph was put on trial for leading a miners’ rebellion seeking less taxation and more representation. His legacy was forgotten — until now. By Damien Cave Reporting from Bendigo, Australia The ...

Australia Post is commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Eureka Stockade at Ballarat with the release of a new series of stamps. The bloody encounter between gold miners and police erupted as the ...

Eureka Stockade is staged in the middle of the 19th century when the first gold strike in Australia leads to economic chaos in the colony. There are no men to till the land or sail the ships as they ...

I've been attending the Eureka celebrations in Ballarat for many years. Historians and academics — and even left-wing activists, some of them in the trade union movement — often argue about the aims ...

The Eureka Stockade was a civilian revolt against the gold licence. Drawings and archival photographs depict the events that lead to the battle between gold miners and authorities at the Eureka ...