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| − | + | Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, traveled to Australia in 1895 as part of a world tour of 150 lectures.<ref>http://musingsofaliterarydilettante.wordpress.com/2010/03/28/the-wayward-tourist-mark-twains-adventures-in-australia-by-mark-twain/, accessed 07 July 2014.</ref> | |
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Mark Twain visited the Victorian Goldfields in 1895. Following his visit, he said of the [[Eureka Stockade]]: | Mark Twain visited the Victorian Goldfields in 1895. Following his visit, he said of the [[Eureka Stockade]]: | ||
| − | :''By and by there was a result, and I think it may be called the finest thing in Australasian history. It was a revolution – small in size; but great politically; it was a strike for liberty, a struggle for principle, a stand against injustice and oppression....It is another instance of a victory won by a lost battle. It adds an honorable page to history; the people know it and are proud of it. They keep green the memory of the men who fell at the [[Eureka | + | :''By and by there was a result, and I think it may be called the finest thing in Australasian history. It was a revolution – small in size; but great politically; it was a strike for liberty, a struggle for principle, a stand against injustice and oppression....It is another instance of a victory won by a lost battle. It adds an honorable page to history; the people know it and are proud of it. They keep green the memory of the men who fell at the [[Eureka Stockade]], and [[Peter Lalor]] has his monument.''<ref>Twain, Mark (1897). ''Following The Equator''. Classical Bookshelf.</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 14:17, 5 March 2018
Contents
Background
Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, traveled to Australia in 1895 as part of a world tour of 150 lectures.[1]
Post 1854 Experiences
Mark Twain visited the Victorian Goldfields in 1895. Following his visit, he said of the Eureka Stockade:
- By and by there was a result, and I think it may be called the finest thing in Australasian history. It was a revolution – small in size; but great politically; it was a strike for liberty, a struggle for principle, a stand against injustice and oppression....It is another instance of a victory won by a lost battle. It adds an honorable page to history; the people know it and are proud of it. They keep green the memory of the men who fell at the Eureka Stockade, and Peter Lalor has his monument.[2]
See also
Further Reading
References
- ↑ http://musingsofaliterarydilettante.wordpress.com/2010/03/28/the-wayward-tourist-mark-twains-adventures-in-australia-by-mark-twain/, accessed 07 July 2014.
- ↑ Twain, Mark (1897). Following The Equator. Classical Bookshelf.
