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  • About
    • Australian Democracy
    • Key Objectives
    • Eureka Australia Committee
    • Eureka Week
  • Membership
  • Family Stories
    • Remembering John Joseph
    • Ancestor Stories >
      • Leigh Callinan
      • Maurice Hanrahan
      • Graeme McGregor
      • Margie O'Brien
      • Peter Lalor Philp
      • John Capp
  • Award
    • 2023 - Hugh De Kretser
    • 2023 - Phillip Moore
    • 2022 - STEVE BRACKS
    • 2019 - Tim Costello
    • 2018 - Adele Ferguson
    • 2017 - Patrick Dodson
    • 2016 - Phil Glendenning AM
    • 2015 - Father Frank Brennan
    • 2013 - Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka (M.A.D.E.)
    • 2011 - Dr. Anne Beggs-Sunter
    • 2010 - Margaret Rich
    • 2009 - John Molony
    • 2008 - Weston Bate
  • News & Events
    • LIBERTY! Newsletter
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    • Eureka Australia on Facebook
  • Eureka Melbourne Democracy Walking App
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  • Ballarat Reform League Charter
  • The Diggers March

 

EUREKA DEMOCRACY AWARD: 2011 - Dr Anne Beggs-Sunter

Made significant contributions over the past 35 years to preserving and furthering the story of Eureka in her writings, educational programs and campaigns
  • Lecturer in history at University of Ballarat since 1974.
  • Anne’s doctoral thesis: "Birth of a Nation: Constructing and De-constructing the Eureka Legend".
  • Published and presented numerous reviews and articles about Eureka in academic journals and major newspapers as well as at seminars.
  • Involved in the preservation and restoration of the Eureka Flag as a Committee member of the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery.
  • Wrote "Eureka Revisited: the Contest of Memories" and curated its complementary Exhibition which was presented at Old Parliament House in Canberra and the State Library in Victoria.
  • Member of the Save Bakery Hill Action Group that successfully saved this historical Eureka site from a "McDonalds" development project.
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2011 Eureka Democracy Award Winner: Dr Anne Beggs-Sunter
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