The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka

Clare Wright, the winner of the 2014 Stella Prize. The book was prompted by her research into women publican’s in early Victoria. This resulted in the question whether women were involved in the Eureka Stockade. The Eureka Hotel in Ballarat was owned Catherine Bentley. The burning of the Eureka Hotel was a pivotal event in the lead up to the massacre at the Stockade. Catherine played a central part in the Eureka story and she was not alone. There were a lot of women in Ballarat at that time and they were not just cooking and cleaning- they were involved in everything!