The Forgotten Rebels Of Eureka (2013) - Plot & Excerpts
If men were machines you would say that that a screw had shaken itself loose and the whole steely apparatus needed urgent maintenance. But human beings are made of flesh and bone and heart and mind, and on Friday 1 December the people of Ballarat stopped work of their own conscious accord. Miners downed tools. Storekeepers closed their doors. Families regrouped. Mates gathered in furtive clumps, like cows under a shade tree. Blacksmiths began fashioning pikes, the traditional weapon of peasant rebellion. Teams of diggers swept through the city, first requesting, then insisting, that the occupants hand over their guns and ammunition. (All requisitioned arms, it was promised, would be returned when they were no longer needed.) The hotels and shanties were humming with rumour, but there was a surprising lack of drunkenness.1 Battening down the hatches was a serious business. An uneasy hush fell over the festive season, as a community held its collective breath. That night at the Adelphi Theatre, Sarah Hanmer held a benefit performance.
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