Gold fever and Eureka moments

THE MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRACY AT EUREKA, BALLARAT, VIC

WANDER THE STREETS OF BALLARAT TO SEE EVIDENCE OF VICTORIA’S GAME-CHANGING GOLD RUSH IN THE MID-19TH CENTURY. BUT BEHIND FANCY FAÇADES LIE COMPLEX HISTORIES; A VISIT TO THE MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRACY AT EUREKA ( MADE.ORG), ON THE SITE OF THE 1854 EUREKA STOCKADE,TELLS HOW A BAND OF DISENFRANCHISED MINERS SET IN MOTION THE DEMOCRATIC FREEDOMS WE TAKE FOR GRANTED TODAY.