Peter Lalor Philip, MC, Introductory Remarks

Eureka Australia's Eric Howard

​Special Guest: Dr Geraldine Moore presents "George Higinbotham and Eureka"

Michael van Leeuwen, VP, Vote of Thanks to Geraldine

Adele Howard - Remarks

Venue: Amora Hotel 649 Bridge Road, Richmond
Saturday 16 November
6.30 pm for 7.00 pm

AWARDEE:

• From 2004 to 2016, Tim Costello was CEO of World Vision Australia and from 2011 has been the Chairman of the Community Council for Australia.
• Tim received the Victorian of the Year award in July 2004 in recognition of his public and community service.
• He was made an officer of the Order of Australia in June 2005 and was the Victorian nominee for the Australian of the Year Award in 2006.
• Tim was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Australian Catholic University in 2008 in recognition of his contribution to religious life and to social justice and is the 2008 winner of the Australian Peace Prize awarded by the Peace Organisation of Australia. He is also listed by the National Trust as a "National Living Treasure”.
• In his various roles, he has spearheaded public debate on problem gambling, urban poverty, homelessness, reconciliation and drug abuse over many years and has served as a local government elected representative and Mayor at the then City of St Kilda.
• From 1995 to 2003, Tim was a minister of the Collins Street Baptist Church and the executive director of Urban Seed, a Christian not-for-profit organisation created in response to concern about homelessness, drug abuse and the marginalisation of the city's street people.
• Tim is the Spokesperson for the Alliance for Gambling Reform, a Director of Ethical Voice and the Executive Director of Micah Australia.

GUEST SPEAKER

• Dr. Geraldine Moore, a member of Eureka Australia, will provide a brief presentation about her recently published book George Higinbotham and Eureka.
• Geraldine has researched the editorials that Higinbotham wrote anonymously for the Melbourne Morning Herald, before, during and after the conflict at Eureka. Historians know of Higinbotham as Attorney-General of Victoria during the turbulent constitutional deadlocks of 1865 and 1867, and later as a controversial Chief Justice of Victoria’s Supreme Court. Geraldine’s book reveals that, as a young journalist in the 1850s, Higinbotham reported on the goldfields agitation, and afterwards participated in the continuing struggle for political rights. Geraldine will explain how his contributions helped to shape the struggle for democratic government in Victoria.
• Come along and enjoy an evening of conversation, celebration, and commemoration of the remarkable social change that was influenced by the events that took place at Eureka 165 years ago and whose impacts continue to positively influence our society today.

Tickets $70 each, Tables of 10 for $700
Bookings essential - Contact the Secretary Peter Gavin 0417 135 373 or email eurekaschildren@gmail.com

Payment by cheque: Post to 1st floor 420-424 William Street West Melbourne 3003
Payment via EFT: to BSB 704191 account 90789 (please put your name as the reference in the EFT transaction)

www.eurekaschildren.org.au

The Eureka Centre has announced the launch of Talking History @ Eureka, an initiative to explore significant new research into the history of the Ballarat region, with a special focus on the colonial period.

Presented on the first Tuesday of each month, these free talks will present new perspectives on Ballarat and Goldfields history with a special focus on the events and legacy of the Eureka Stockade.

Speakers include academics, writers, independent researchers and people from diverse fields who are engaged in exploring and reimagining Ballarat’s past.
“There is a real hunger in the community for discussion and debate about our rich history,” Anthony Camm, Manager Eureka Centre said.

The ‘Talking History’ series will focus on uncovering fresh new research and ideas about the past.

“The monthly lectures will present the latest research on Ballarat’s colonial history, including some unexpected and recently revealed aspects,” Mr. Camm said.
Join us at the Eureka Centre on the first Tuesday of each month at 5.30pm to hear guest speakers bringing our history to life. Entry is free and no booking is required.

The first session is scheduled for Tuesday, 3 September.
Popular Theatrical Entertainment, Eureka, 1854
In 1854, the Eureka area was a site of lively, and cosmopolitan, cultural entanglements. Diggers, prospectors, traders, storekeepers and entrepreneurs were joined by roving touring acts, catering for the human throng. The result was a dramatic overload of masculine, youthful and hedonistic energy concentrated within key venues. In this talk, Ailsa Brackley du Bois will introduce Ballarat’s theatrical scene, as it was, prior to the Eureka Stockade. Ailsa is currently completing a Masters of Arts in Writing & Literature (Deakin). Her thesis is titled ‘Lost Spaces of Popular Theatrical Entertainment, Ballarat Goldfields, 1850s-1870s’.

Second Session – Tuesday 1 October 2019
Minefields of Memory: a history of interpreting Eureka
With a past of contested memory, political jousting and history wars, interpreting and commemorating the Eureka Rebellion has often been contentious, passionate and a story in itself. At times the memory of Eureka had almost been forgotten, only to be resurrected by the diggers, Eureka ancestors, interested community members, politicians and media. In her talk, Felicity Martin will take you through the journey of our attempts to interpret the Eureka story through graves, dawn walks, monuments, gardens, cycloramas, diorama dramas, re-enactments and stockades, festivals, light shows, artefacts and our institutions, all contributing to the collective memory of Eureka.Felicity Martin is an independent curator, living in Talbot. She recently completed her Masters of Curating dissertation on the history of interpreting Eureka. She was Manager and Curator of Gallery Lane Cove for 11 years and worked briefly for the former Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka.?

Third Session – Tuesday 5 November 2019
George Higinbotham and Eureka – The Struggle for Democracy in Colonial Victoria
George Higinbotham was a highly influential politician in colonial Victoria. One of his contemporaries described him as a man of ‘dash and daring who won from the privilege and class ground that they have never seen since been able to recover.’ Even today the debate rages about his character and his legacy. Some see him as a visionary who fought for responsible government free of Colonial Office Interface and obstruction, but an undemocratically elected legislative Council. Others see him as a flawed character whose legacy was turmoil. In this talk, author Geraldine Moore will explore the life of ‘the most loved and the most hated man of his day,’ and what this has to do with Eureka. Geraldine completed a Ph.D. at Monash University in 2016. Her thesis explored the early life of the controversial colonial politician, George Higinbotham. Her book, George Higinbotham and Eureka, was published in 2018.

Our last year's Democracy Award winner Adele Ferguson has this week published her book 'Banking Bad: How Corporate Greed and Broken Governance Failed Australia'.

Few people were more instrumental in bringing about the Royal Commission into the banking and financial services industries than journalist Adele Ferguson. Through her exposes in print and on television, she pursued the truth about funds mismanagement, fraud, lack of probity, and the hard-sell culture that took over the finance industry after the deregulation in the 1980s. But it wasn't just light-touch regulators and crooked bankers growing fat on bonuses she put under the spotlight. It was also their victims - men and women who had lost everything and had no recourse when they discovered empty accounts, egregious fees, forged documents and broken promises.

She says 'This is a book for every person with a bank account'.

EUREKA DIGGER’S MARCH
 
Route of the Diggers’ March
 
Points of Interest and Stopping Points
Refer Site map
    1. Bakery Hill - Start Point 1    
    2. St.Alipius Church - Stop Point 2 
    3. Hayes’ tent site - Stop Point 3 
    4. Carboni’s vantage point
    5. Bentley's Eureka Hotel plaques - Stop Point 4
    6. Site of Bentley’s Eureka Hotel
    7. Eureka Lead – Stop Point 5
   8. Eureka Stockade - Stop Point 6 (Adjacent to Contemplative Place – Cnr Eureka & Rodier Sts.)
    9. Eureka Stockade Monument - Stop Point 7 ( near Cnr. Eureka and Stawell Sts.)

For more information on the Diggers March Trail. 
Download the full guide that takes you along the trail.​

Events 2018
​You are all invited to the Annual Eureka Democracy Award Dinner.

Venue: AMORA HOTEL, 649 BRIDGE ROAD, RICHMOND
Friday November 23, 2018 - 6.30pm for 7.00pm.

THE EVENING COMMEMORATES AND CELEBRATES THE 164th ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1854 EUREKA EVENTS WITH THE EUREKA DEMOCRACY AWARD AND ADDRESS.
With Special Guest Speaker: Professor Clare Wright

For more detail on how to book and the planned events on the night including a sneak peak at this years Democracy Award recipient, please download the Flyer by Clicking Here.  With the event coming up shortly, ensure you book your tables early for the best experience.

Hundreds of people made the pilgrimage to the opening of the Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka on the 4th of May, which was opened by Victorian Premier Denis Napthine. Other dignitaries included the patrons of MADE, ex-premier Steve Bracks and former Kennett government minister Robert Knowles, and current federal Ballarat MP Catherine King. Prime Minister Julia Gillard appeared via video link.




The weekend’s launch celebration also included outdoor music concerts, face painting, children’s craft activities, a gourmet barbeque and roving performers.


EUREKA’S CHILDREN'S PIVOTAL ROLE IN THE OPENING OF MADE


Three of the youngest descendants of the Eureka Stockade, being great great great grandchildren, cut the ribbon that officially opened the museum. They were Noah Lalor Philp – descendant of Peter Lalor – the leader of the Eureka Stockade and Olive Whitford and Ella Howard, descendants of Patrick Howard, a member of the uprising.

Eureka’s Children present a number of Eureka events throughout the year and is represented on the Eureka Commemorative Planning Committee established by the Ballarat City Council.

Ballarat - Eureka Commemorative Programs and Events
​Programs and events that Eureka's Children organise and present at the Eureka Anniversaries in Ballarat include:
- The Eureka Digger's March
- Demanding Democracy March and Theatrical Presentation
- Assisting St. Alipius Parish in presenting a Eureka Ecumenical Service.

We enclose, for your perusal, the link to the Digger’s March Trail and Commentary  from Bakery Hill to the Stockade. CLICK HERE. Also for your interest is an archived program of past Annual Ballarat Eureka Commemoration events CLICK HERE.