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At last an australian foundation story where women are not only found, but are found to have played a fundamental role. Women, until recently, left out of history books which describe australias nineteenth century goldfields and the legendary eureka stockade. Robyn annear monthly lively, incisive and timely, clare wrights account of the role of women in the eureka stockade is an engrossing read. The forgotten rebels are a punk rock band from hamilton, ontario, canada. Jul 12, 2018 the forgotten rebels of eureka is out now at all good bookshops, on the text website free postage, as an ebook and as an audio book.
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