Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
Recorded at Eureka Centre on 25/05/2023 as a part of Ballarat Heritage Festival. Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Blainey AC brings to life some of the well-known and the forgotten people and events in the history of the Ballarat region.
Recorded at Eureka Centre on 25/05/2023 as a part of Ballarat Heritage Festival. Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Blainey AC brings to life some of the well-known and the forgotten people and events in the history of the Ballarat region.
![1849: The Rush that Never Started: Talking History with Dr Douglas Wilkie
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. 1849: The Rush that Never Started: Talking History with Dr Douglas Wilkie](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zeKnqnrX6Yg/mqdefault.jpg)