tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652852907403338532.post5390576123893748379..comments2024-02-10T19:47:41.980+11:00Comments on Monsieur le Rosbif & Johnny Frog: 160th Anniversary of the Eureka RebellionBen Gilmourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09548280904041987733noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652852907403338532.post-73585566156840665282014-12-05T04:17:37.963+11:002014-12-05T04:17:37.963+11:00Thanks for this, I found it quite fascinating, and...Thanks for this, I found it quite fascinating, and like my friend Jonathan, it is a story I've never heard of before. I suppose the McKenzine-Papineau rising of 1837 is a similar event from Canadian history and has been similarly mythologized.<br />Cheers,<br />MichaelMad Padrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00410143683610813671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652852907403338532.post-57022738898709883162014-12-04T19:41:01.436+11:002014-12-04T19:41:01.436+11:00An important anniversary that is, I reckon, best u...An important anniversary that is, I reckon, best understood as a complex intersection of lots of issues informed by lots of ideas from all over the world, brought together by the gold rush. The rebel leaders were acquitted in Melbourne because the events fed into wider debates around political rights, ties with the Empire and workers' organisation, but in a rather muddled way. It is a shame, as you say, that people are determined to shove the thing into one or another ideological myth, especially when the international character of the rebels is so often ignored. There's a rather excellent Ealing movie, with Chips Rafferty as Lalor, that was re-released on video some years ago. Well worth watching if you can track it down.Steve Curryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06440638652987274722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652852907403338532.post-36911423967756179822014-12-04T00:57:48.166+11:002014-12-04T00:57:48.166+11:00Fascinating bit of history and intriguing personal...Fascinating bit of history and intriguing personal tie to the event. Being educated in the USA, I never heard of this brief, but sharp, conflict before now.<br />Thank you!Jonathan Freitaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07862373894196924886noreply@blogger.com