Eureka! Story of the Goldfields

Eureka! : Story of the Goldfields
ISBN: 9780734416810
Publication Date: 28 January 2020

From acclaimed author and illustrator Mark Wilson, comes a stirring story of the goldfields and the Eureka Rebellion told in his evocative mixed-media painting style - the perfect introduction to Australia's colonial past for primary school-aged children.

Molly and her father have emigrated to Australia to try their luck as gold prospectors in Ballarat, Victoria. Life on the diggings is hard and Molly misses her mother, who died before they left England.

A Chinese teenager, Chen, shows Molly and her Papa how to pan for gold and helps them when their food and money run out. Not everyone on the goldfields is friendly, however. Chen and other Chinese diggers are often bullied and the police lock up miners who haven't paid the exorbitant gold licence fee. Before long, Molly, Papa and Chen are caught up in a protest that will become known as the Eureka Rebellion - a legendary battle that will profoundly affect them all.

From award-winning author and illustrator Mark Wilson, this powerful story is inspired by real people and historical events.

About the Author-Illustrator

Acclaimed author/illustrator Mark Wilson's picture books include the war-themed series, My Mother's Eyes: The Story of a Boy Soldier (2009), Angel of Kokoda (2010), *Vietnam Diary/i> (2013) and Digger, the Dog Who Went to War (2015).

He has also written and illustrated Migaloo, the White Whale (2015), Beth: The Story of a Child Convict (2016), Never Lose Hope: The Story of Australia's First School (2018) and the art-themed books Ben &; Gracie's Art Adventure (2011) and Inside the World of Tom Roberts (2012).

His other titles include the Wilderness Society and Whitley Award-winning Extinction series I ...*