The Eureka Stockade defines Ballarat, but for many its legacy is divisive

Caleb Cluff
Updated December 5 2017 - 1:41pm, first published December 2 2017 - 3:00pm

In the darkness of the early hours of Sunday morning of December 1854, the well-drilled ranks of two colony-garrisoned British regiments, the 12th and the 40th, assaulted a hastily arranged hobble of drays, carts and stray pieces of mining lumber.

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Caleb Cluff

Caleb Cluff

Senior Journalist, The Courier

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