Lucky City

The First Generation at Ballarat: 1851-1901

Weston Bate
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Lucky City

Subjects

History

Published

2 February 1999

ISBN

9780522877045

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77.4MB

Subjects

History

Imprint

Melbourne University Press

Lucky City

The First Generation at Ballarat: 1851-1901

Weston Bate
Ballarat was a makeshift boom town that matured to become a 'Golden City', a 'City of Gardens and Sculptures'.
Ballarat was not a typical goldfield. There was little surface alluvial gold and, in a tantalising search for fabulous underground river beds the, the youthful migrants of the 1850s overcame immense obstacles. They were both thrifty and speculative, using the profits of one bonanza to pursue another—and were probably goaded by officialdom into the famous Eureka rebellion of 1854 Weston Bate explores the interaction of man with the environment. He sees Ballarat's pioneers as heroic adventurers. And he shows how a makeshift boom town matured into Golden City, City of Gardens, City of Sculptures. Lucky City tells how pastoral, agricultural, timber-milling and mining activity sustained a regional marketplace and industrial centre. It looks at the spread of Ballarat's influence across the country, and charts its rivalry with Bendigo and its resentment of Melbourne's interference. This is the lively story of an immigrant community. Its focus is human, its writing clear…
Ballarat was not a typical goldfield. There was little surface alluvial gold and, in a tantalising search for fabulous underground river beds the, the youthful migrants of the 1850s overcame immense obstacles. They were both thrifty and speculative, using the profits of one bonanza to pursue another—and were probably goaded by officialdom into the famous Eureka rebellion of 1854. Weston Bate explores the interaction of man with the environment. He sees Ballarat's pioneers as heroic adventurers. And he shows how a makeshift boom town matured into Golden City, City of Gardens, City of Sculptures. Lucky City tells how pastoral, agricultural, timber-milling and mining activity sustained a regional marketplace and industrial centre. It looks at the spread of Ballarat's influence across the country, and charts its rivalry with Bendigo and its resentment of Melbourne's interference. This is the lively story of an immigrant community. Its focus is human, its writing clear and engaging, and its wonderful collection of illustrations covers the whole panorama of Ballarat life.

Weston Bate

Weston Bate OAM held the foundation chair of Australian Studies at Deakin University, Geelong, from 1978 until 1989. He was President of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria, was Chair of the Museums Advisory Board of Victoria and a long-time historical consultant and Gold Museum committee member of Sovereign Hill.

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