great pics Ken, interesting stuff
very important moment in aussie history, it was kinda our 'storming of the bastille' or 'boston tea party' some regard it as the birth of our self determination, alongside the great qld shearers strike of 1891 (disturbing to see the 'tree of knowledge' deliberately poisoned this year!)
interesting to see the iconic aussie term 'digger' in use well before WW1 - it seems to apply only to military personal these days!? and lord knows I have dug a few holes in my time
- guess it was replaced by the term 'battler' for non-military? a quote '... a fellow "digger," a term used by the miners to describe their lack of privilege'
great wikipedia page on it
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_Stockade