Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 11 hours ago
This is a recording of a public lecture that was delivered live at the Eureka Centre on 01/06/2023. Dr Douglas Wilkie explores Colonial Victoria in the years before the well-known 1851 gold rushes.
Talking History is a forum for the sharing of research into the history of the Ballarat region, with a special focus on the colonial period. Talks are held from March to November on the first Thursday of each month at 5.30pm. https://www.eurekacentreballarat.com.au/events.
Image: Edward Roper, ‘Gold diggings, Ararat’ [detail], c.1855. Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales.
This is a recording of a public lecture that was delivered live at the Eureka Centre on 01/06/2023. Dr Douglas Wilkie explores Colonial Victoria in the years before the well-known 1851 gold rushes.
Talking History is a forum for the sharing of research into the history of the Ballarat region, with a special focus on the colonial period. Talks are held from March to November on the first Thursday of each month at 5.30pm. https://www.eurekacentreballarat.com.au/events.
Image: Edward Roper, ‘Gold diggings, Ararat’ [detail], c.1855. Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales.
