Gregory Blake

Eureka Stockade

A Ferocious and Bloody Battle. Sprache: Englisch.

kartoniert , 236 Seiten

ISBN 1922132047

EAN 9781922132048

Veröffentlicht September 2016

Verlag/Hersteller Big Sky Publishing

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Beschreibung

Eureka Stockade: A ferocious and bloody battle, is the epic account of the battle for the Eureka Stockade, an iconic moment in Australian history. On the chilly dawn morning of 3 December 1854 British soldiers and police of the Victorian colonial government attacked and stormed a crudely-built fortification erected by insurgent gold miners at the Eureka lead on the Ballarat Gold Diggings. The fighting was intense, the carnage appalling and the political consequences of the affair profound.

This book, for the first time, examines in great detail the actual military events that unfolded during the twenty minutes of deadly fighting at Eureka.

Portrait

Gregory Blake has been a history teacher for forty years. He has an MA and PhD in History awarded by the Australian Defence Force Academy. He has written and illustrated numerous publications including his The Eureka Stockade: A Fierce and Bloody Battle. Gregory has always been passionately interested in military history supplementing this passion with ten years service in the Australian Army Reserve in which he served as a Trooper and Officer in 4/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment.