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Eureka Flag of the Southern Cross design and symbolic origins of Australian Nationalism

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There is no controversy about the Eureka Flag.  It is singularly an icon of Australian nationalism since 1854, symbolic of Australian national identity, Australian sovereign independence and of Australian individual freedoms. The Banner of the Ballaarat Reform League of Diggers Upon the…

Eureka Stockade Day: Australia’s 160th anniversary of democratic rebellion remembered

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December 3rd is a significant date on Australia’s national calendar. Exactly 160 years ago in 1854 the day fell decisively on a Sunday, the Sabbath, when lay miners (“diggers”) on the Ballaarat goldfields made a sacrificial stand against the English colonial authority…