by Juliana Byers | Feb 6, 2025 | Australian History, Natural Disaster, Natural History, Newspapers, Pre-1900, Social History
Bushfire Safety in Victoria Podcast: Victoria’s Burning On 6 February 1851, the most extensive bushfire in Victoria’s recorded history ripped through the colony. Five million hectares, a quarter of the colony, was burned and dozens of homes and farms were...
by Juliana Byers | Apr 24, 2024 | Australian History, Ballarat, Newspapers, Podcast, Political History, Pre-1900, Social History, The Eureka Stockade
In April 1855, four months after the violent clash at the Eureka Stockade and following on from thirteen highly publicisesd high treason trials, an open letter appeared in the popular Melbourne newspaper The Argus. It’s author was none other than Peter Lalor,...
