Stories from Australia's History - Set 1: Peter Lalor and The Eureka Stockade

Part of the series Stories from Australia's History - Set 1.

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Stories from Australia's History is a fascinating series for middle-upper primary that tells the stories of some momentous times in our history. The approach promotes critical thinking and analysis with an emphasis on causes and effects, key personalities, and the long-term outcomes for Australian society. These books bring their intriguing stories alive with a highly visual presentation that will engage students. Graphic-style re-enactments are employed alongside conventional presentation to convey details that text alone cannot convey, and to show different viewpoints simultaneously

Features

• A variety of text types eg profiles, viewpoints and debates, historical quotations, letters, newspaper articles quotations.
• Timelines, maps, annotated photographs and illustrations
• Text-boxes provide short snippets of information for clarity

Book Titles

• The Anzacs and the Battle of Gallipoli
• Captain Arthur Phillip and the First Fleet
• Douglas Mawson's Antarctic Expedition
• Peter Lalor and the Eureka Stockade
• Vida Goldstein's Fight for Women's Rights
• Vincent Lingiari and the Wave Hill Walkout

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Peter Lalor and the Eureka Stockade

In 1854, a group of gold miners, led by Peter Lalor, built a wooden fort and took up guns against government troops. They believed they were fighting for justice and the right to vote, but the government saw the miners as troublemakers and rebels. The miners lost the battle, but eventually won the fight. The Eureka Stockade started a democratic movement that resulted in voting rights for all Australians.

Contents

• Stories from Australia's history
• Peter Lalor and the Eureka Stockade
• The big picture
• Key people
• Trouble on the goldfields (Graphic pages)
• Viewpoints
• The Eureka rebellion (Graphic pages)
• What happened next?
• The effects of the Eureka Stockade
• What do you think?
• Find out more
• Glossary
• Index

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