EUREKA STOCKADE . BUTLER , Richard :
22038 Angus & Roberton,Sydney, 1983 First edition. 8vo.pp.iv + 185 Illustrations, Original owners descrete inscription else Very Good hardcover in Very Good dust jacket. ISBN 020714646 2 On 3 December ,1854 at the Eureka diggings near Balarat, fourteen diggers and five British soldiers died in a fierce pitched battle beneath the diggers' defiant standard,the flag ofthe Southern Cross.Were they protesting against the detested miners licence fees or were they indeed as the great legend has it ,attempting to establish a new social order. $25.00AUD Click here to order or message the dealer
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