Eureka Democracy Award: 2008 - Weston Bate

Academic and historian
  • 1953-1976 – Lecturer in history – University of Melbourne
  • 1978-1989 – Foundation Professor of Australian Studies/Deakin University
  • Was:  President - Royal Historical Society of Victoria and Chair- Museum Advisory Board of Victoria of Ballarat
  • Historical consultant to Ballarat’s Gold Museum and Sovereign Hill Museum
  • An active, generous and passionate speaker about Eureka, his publications
  • Lucky City and Life After Gold present wonderful insights into the story of Eureka.
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2008 Eureka Democracy Award Winner: Weston Bate