| Year 9 Australian History | Progressive Ideas and Movements (1750-1918), including capitalism, Chartism, nationalism and egalitarianism. Making a Nation: – Key people, events and ideas in the development of Australian self-government and democracy, including, the role of founders, key features of constitutional development, the importance of British and Western influences in the formation of Australia’s system of government and women’s voting rights (ACDSEH091) |
Explore the chain of events that led to the Eureka Stockade in Ballarat. Was it a protest, a riot, a rebellion or a revolution?
In this practical decision-maker and evidence-based unit, students will explore the circumstances that led to the Eureka Stockade at Ballarat in December 1854, through a series of four distinct activities.
- Be immersed in the realities of an Australian goldfield in turmoil in the early 1850s
- Discover the events in Ballarat in 1854, the troubled Eureka mining area
- Go to the source by reading first-hand materials from the time, and understand what it was like to be in their shoes
- Understand the deeper meaning of Eureka.
This unit is suitable for Year 9 students.
Reference video: Australia’s own Tea Party Revolution – Eureka: Protest, Riot, Rebellion or Revolution?
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