Questions:

Here Hidden Head Explicitly in the text Read the clues Read between the lines Gather information from various parts of the text Inferential Opinion based on evidence Evaluative based on details in the text   Who was involved in the creation of the design of the Eureka flag?     Why did Peter Lalor fight so hard for the rights of miners? Why did the court use the Eureka Flag as evidence against the miners? Did they use Aboriginal tools? Why did they meet up at Bakery Hill? Why were women doubted so much? Where was the flag made? Why couldn’t the women come and mine the gold? Why in nearly all the photos of the Eureka stockade were there no women? How valuable were shillings? Why did they make the Eureka flag so big? Where were the women when the men were fighting against the military? How did the Eureka Flag come to be created? Why were women not so recognised? When they were hiding, if a soldier found them did they hurt them? What happened during the cross-fire? Why couldn’t women vote? Why did they make the Miners Rights?

Gather information from a variety of sources.
How are women portrayed?
Who is represented?

BTN
http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s3900125.htm

The Eureka Flag: A National Treasure
http://dl.nfsa.gov.au/module/1600/

The Eureka Stockade

http://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/eureka-stockade
http://ergo.slv.vic.gov.au/explore-history/golden-victoria/impact-society/eureka-stockade

Timeline of Events
http://www.eurekaballarat.com/media/209212/eureka_timeline.pdf

State Library of Victoria:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/search-discover

Ellen Young’s poem (published in the Geelong Advertiser, 1 June 1954)
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/91933419?searchTerm=%22ellen%20young%22&searchLimits=exactPhrase=ellen+young%7C%7C%7CanyWords%7C%7C%7CnotWords%7C%7C%7CrequestHandler%7C%7C%7CdateFrom%7C%7C%7CdateTo%7C%7C%7Csortby=dateAsc

Compare to a contemporary text about social commentary:
Mr President by Pink
How have patterns of language changed across historical contexts?
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Jackie French text annotated
4-Historical-Context