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Eureka Stockade
Eureka Stockade is a 1949 British film of the story surrounding Irish-Australian rebel and politician Peter Lalor and the gold miners' rebellion of 1854 at the Eureka Stockade in Ballarat, Victoria, in the Australian Western genre.
Plot
An introductory montage establishes Australia of 1851 – a place of both wealth and poverty, transformed by the discovery of gold. This causes a massive drain in manpower which puts a strain on the country. The Governor of Victoria, La Trobe, appoints an army officer, Rede, commissioner of the goldfields and orders him to tax the miners via licences, and to keep law and order.
More details
| author | Ralph Smart Rex Rienits Walter Greenwood |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Victoria |
| director | Harry Watt |
| editor | Leslie Norman |
| genre | drama western |
| keywords | army officer arrest ballarat ballarat reform league british army civil engineer court case death penalty eureka stockade injured james scobie kill law and order school teacher want win |
| musicBy | John D. H. Greenwood |
| producer | Leslie Norman Michael Balcon |
| productionCompany | Ealing Studios |
| publisher | General Film Distributors |
| theme | war |