Eureka Rebellion Research Paper
The Eureka Rebellion, the great triumph of our nation, where we won our fight for rights and freedom, the beginning of democracy. Was it really a triumph though? Can it be argued that it was instead a tragedy? From who’s point of view is it from? The diggers? The officers? The women? Perhaps people like Rede or Hotham. Most importantly though, what about now, in our times? From these unique viewpoints it adds up, it is neither triumph or a tragedy and it is both simultaneously.
When someone is to say ‘Eureka Stockade’, many will think of miners flocking to the Goldfields in hope of finding gold. When authorities struggled to contain the large influx of miners, they introduced the Gold Licence which created the first spark of rebellion. Moreover …show more content…
Many sources agree that she was one of three women who sewed the Eureka flag, the flag with the southern cross on a background of dark blue with Anne Duke and Anastasia Withers. The very flag that flew on Bakery Hill on the 30th of November when Peter Lalor said, ‘It is my duty now to swear you in, and to take with you the oath to be faithful to the Southern Cross...We swear by the Southern Cross to stand truly by each other, and fight to defend our rights and liberties.’ Both of these are excerpts of the aforementioned speech that carried the will of all the miners that heard it until the tragedy of the stockade where it grew stronger for their fallen …show more content…
Was he truly a villain? Perhaps not when considering the state of the colony at the time, it needed funding. There was no better opportunity than taking from the gold miners. Thus, the Gold License was born from the desperation. While the action was logical, it was by absolutely no means justified. The price of a single one month licence that equalled to a week’s wages, far more than what was okay for someone such as a digger that had left his job to search for gold. Furthermore they were in immense trouble if their plot of land didn’t have enough gold to cover the cost of the licence and other things such as basic necessities, or providing for the
When someone is to say ‘Eureka Stockade’, many will think of miners flocking to the Goldfields in hope of finding gold. When authorities struggled to contain the large influx of miners, they introduced the Gold Licence which created the first spark of rebellion. Moreover …show more content…
Many sources agree that she was one of three women who sewed the Eureka flag, the flag with the southern cross on a background of dark blue with Anne Duke and Anastasia Withers. The very flag that flew on Bakery Hill on the 30th of November when Peter Lalor said, ‘It is my duty now to swear you in, and to take with you the oath to be faithful to the Southern Cross...We swear by the Southern Cross to stand truly by each other, and fight to defend our rights and liberties.’ Both of these are excerpts of the aforementioned speech that carried the will of all the miners that heard it until the tragedy of the stockade where it grew stronger for their fallen …show more content…
Was he truly a villain? Perhaps not when considering the state of the colony at the time, it needed funding. There was no better opportunity than taking from the gold miners. Thus, the Gold License was born from the desperation. While the action was logical, it was by absolutely no means justified. The price of a single one month licence that equalled to a week’s wages, far more than what was okay for someone such as a digger that had left his job to search for gold. Furthermore they were in immense trouble if their plot of land didn’t have enough gold to cover the cost of the licence and other things such as basic necessities, or providing for the