The Eureka Phenomenon

The Eureka Stockade was an important rebellious act by Ballarat miners and the birthplace of ideals for Australia. The motive of this essay it to argue that the Eureka Stockade was a triumph as it gave a sense of mateship and knowing that individuals can unite in support of a greater cause. Reasons to support the statement that the Eureka stockade was a triumph were: Australia developed a national character and realised that normal citizens can stand up to the government and change the way of the law. In conjunction with this, Australian citizens of this time rallied towards a sense of democracy through the act of an armed rebellion to amend unfair laws.

Good Morning Members of the discovery channel, today I will be conducting an argument of why The Eureka stockade, a key turning point in Australian Democracy should be transformed into a documentary for your discovery channel. I think this event is important for the Australian Public to learn about, due to the effects it has on modern society today.

The eureka stockade… It is defined by many as the beginning of Australia. This historical event has influenced every person, in that it changed our country’s legal system for the better, into the democracy we know today. For this reason, a documentary needs to be made about the struggles and journey that these noble diggers went through, to improve the lives of everyone.

One might also argue that if a person does not have to consciously think about an

The Eureka Stockade, lead by Peter Lalor, is viewed as the birthplace of Australia’s political system. It was a key event in history that changed the democracy of Australia forever.

The Eureka stockade was a turning point for Australian democracy. It was a rebellion against the police and government and it was a fight for justice. The Eureka stockade is seen by some to be the birthplace of Australian democracy (Evatt, 2010). It was destined to fail, yet it is probably the most widely known rebellion in Australian History. The Rebellion against authority started with unfair taxes and policing, and it resulted in a change in the political stance of people in the middle and lower classes. It is an important part of the development of Australia as a nation, as it demonstrates the values of mateship, determination, persistence and the Aussie ‘Give-it-a-go’ attitude, all of which are key parts of the Australian Identity and culture.

By thinking for his individual self, he managed to recreate electricity and discovers the light bulb. He then went through a long term and finally got the chance to share his findings with the Home of the Scholars, and they rejected it. With this example, the author tries to suggest that being self-reliant and thinking for oneself can lead to scientific progress, something that this society does not do. She also implies that thinking individually can lead to higher things rather than being a part of dictatorial world and adhere to

The Eureka Rebellion It could be argued that democratic reforms would have occurred without the Eureka rebellion but it provided a symbol, an ideal that continues to motivate protest groups today’. (Hirst 2010) The Eureka Stockade was the first recorded fight for democracy in Australia (9). On the 6th October 1854 James Bentley, the owner of the Eureka Hotel, kicked and clubbed a drunken miner to death after he had demanded a drink and a fight had broken out. Bentley was taken into custody by the police but Police Magistrate Dewes declared that he didn’t have to stand trial and was subsequently let go.

The Idea of republicanism ad revolution was at play before the Eureka Stockade, but the Eureka Stockade became a republican symbol because it contained the stirrings of a new sense of Australian Nationalism. The British government feared attempts to establish a republic in Australia. With the large population of miners, there were many individuals of different backgrounds, views and strengths which impacted the issues of republicanism and revolution. With the event of the Eureka, Stockade Britain sent troops and support to help establish peace again within the communities. They wanted to make sure that the idea of revolution would be put aside. Unfortunately, this was not the case as the members of the societies already had the feeling for

Students to create a storyboard and a short script of significant events that had taken place during the Eureka Stockade including significant figures that were part of the Eureka rebellion. Students to acknowledge different roles and views and analyse the consequences of the event in terms of Australian democracy.

What was the build up to the Eureka stockade? The eureka stockade was caused by a disagreement with the government and the miners. The government wanted you to hold a permit with you whilst you were mining, however this wasn’t the problem the problem was the permit costing around 1 pound annually (about 180 AUD) and 10 shillings monthly (about 15 AUD). With all of the mining community against it they formed a rebellion. The reasoning behind the government applying this permit was because there were far too many miners in the mines and this fee would force some back to the city. According to the New South Whales government website this fee was not only mandatory for all miners but if you were caught without one

The article, “The Eureka Hunt,” introduces us with the story of a firefighter,Wag Dodge and his survival during an out-of-control fire in the Mann Gulch, in Montana. The fire was spreading faster and heading toward the direction of the firefighters. Dodge, in a moment of insight, had an escape plan; he stopped running, igniting the ground in front of him with a match, drenched his hanker-chef with water, and laid down on the “smoldering embers,” as the fire past him. His quick decision is a mere example which psychologist and neuroscientists use to determine “the insight experience.” Mark Jung-Beeman, a cognitive neuroscientist at Northwestern University, has spent fifteen years trying to figure out what happens inside the brain when people have an insight.

And even if the man does drink the water it can be reasoned that the man believed that by drinking the water he might be further preserved, and that might more powerfully attract him to act. Either way, he acts not out of free will, because his actions can be explained by the impulses his brain receives which create his motives, which determines his will and consequent

Once an automatic thought occurs within the individual, it triggers a feeling, which in turn triggers the individual’s response, such as a behavior and/or physiological response. For example, after a young child begins to pick up his blocks to be put away, his mother rubs him on the back and gives him praise for his actions. His automatic thought may be, “I am good when I put away blocks,” triggering a feeling of confidence, an increased level of physical energy, and the behavior of putting away the remaining blocks.

There are many facts that are unknown about the mind. For centuries, philosophers and scientists have tried to understand how it works. We have learned that the mind has a number of different levels of processing. Before Sigmund Freud “nearly all the previous research and theorizing of psychologists had dealt with conscious, such as perception, memory, judgment, and learning“ (Hunt185). Freud brought forth a number of theories that dealt with “the unconscious and its crucial role in human behavior”(Hunt 185). The unconscious is a storage area for information that is not being used. It is also the home of “powerful primitive drives and forbidden wishes that constantly generated pressure on the conscious mind”(Hunt