The Eureka Rebellion: The History and Legacy of the Gold Miners' Uprising against the British in Australia

Although Australia was actually colonized by the forced dispossession of the indigenous Aboriginals, the Commonwealth of Australia came about by the free federation of six self-governing British colonies in 1901, which makes it one of just a handful of nations that can proudly claim this.[1] Thus, Australia is often imagined as a nation untouched by the pains that have accompanied the births of most other nations.

While it is certainly true that the founding fathers of the Australian fede...