Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
The P Tobin Oration honours the contribution of the late P Tobin OAM to the commemoration of the Eureka Stockade. In 2022, the oration was presented by Journalist and Scholar, Dr Josie Vine. Josie here remembers the role of journalism in one of Australia’s most important historical events – the Eureka Stockade - by focussing on Ballarat Times editor, Henry Seekamp and his wife, Clara.
Recorded 2 December 2022
The P Tobin Oration honours the contribution of the late P Tobin OAM to the commemoration of the Eureka Stockade. In 2022, the oration was presented by Journalist and Scholar, Dr Josie Vine. Josie here remembers the role of journalism in one of Australia’s most important historical events – the Eureka Stockade - by focussing on Ballarat Times editor, Henry Seekamp and his wife, Clara.
Recorded 2 December 2022

![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)