THE Eureka Centre’s Hermione Verbeek will lead a guided walking tour this month exploring sites, spaces and legacies of the Eureka Rebellion.<\/p>\n
Set for Sunday 30 November, the Eureka Landscapes: Then and Now tour is free and will take participants from the Old Government Camp to the site of the Eureka Stockade.<\/p>\n
The 90-minute guided tour offers a way to discover the dramatic and famed chapter in Ballarat’s past, and pick out elements that it has left behind in the urban landscape of today.<\/p>\n
“Along the way, participants will stop at sites where miners agitated for democratic reform and the government worked to quash a looming insurrection,” said Ms Verbeek, who is education and public programs officer with the Eureka Centre.<\/p>\n
“I’m really interested in people and their stories and what traces they have left.<\/p>\n
“At each spot I will be highlighting a person who was involved in the stockade and how they were connected to that place in some way.<\/p>\n
“Even if there are no tangible traces of the stockade left in a particular space, it has often shaped how people have used that space over time.<\/p>\n
“I will particularly be looking at how it’s shaped our perceptions of those places today.<\/p>\n
“The tour is free but people do need to register as there are limited places.”<\/p>\n
The tour will begin at the Old Police Barracks in Alfred Deakin Place, with a complimentary shuttle service available to return participants to town from the Eureka Centre where it ends.<\/p>\n
It’s being run twice on Sunday 30 November, with participants able to choose either an 8.45am or an 11am option. More details and bookings are through the Eureka Centre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THE Eureka Centre’s Hermione Verbeek will lead a guided walking tour this month exploring sites, spaces and legacies of the Eureka Rebellion. Set for Sunday 30 November, the Eureka Landscapes: Then and Now tour is free and will take participants from the Old Government Camp to the site of the Eureka Stockade. The 90-minute guided […]<\/p>\n