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Page 287
... POLITICAL DEMANDS OF THE DIGGERS On 7 October 1854 the murder of a digger near the Eureka Hotel , Ballarat , sparked off a violent incident . The publican , thought by the crowd to be guilty , was acquitted by a friendly magistrate ...
... POLITICAL DEMANDS OF THE DIGGERS On 7 October 1854 the murder of a digger near the Eureka Hotel , Ballarat , sparked off a violent incident . The publican , thought by the crowd to be guilty , was acquitted by a friendly magistrate ...
Page 292
... political objectives beyond the demand for the abolition or reduction of the licence fee added a wider dimension to a localised riot ; it enabled some interpreters to elevate ' our own little rebellion ' to the standard of a major political ...
... political objectives beyond the demand for the abolition or reduction of the licence fee added a wider dimension to a localised riot ; it enabled some interpreters to elevate ' our own little rebellion ' to the standard of a major political ...
Page 480
... political predominance , it was being undermined by new economic forces and challenged by new classes . The outward features of the pre - gold era remained substantially the same , but new characteristics appeared as old harmonies were ...
... political predominance , it was being undermined by new economic forces and challenged by new classes . The outward features of the pre - gold era remained substantially the same , but new characteristics appeared as old harmonies were ...
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