Colcannon -
'The Eureka Suite'

CD from Australia - SA

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The events leaching up to the incident at the Eureka Stockade in December 1854 were to become pivotal in the development of Australia's identity, matched only by those at Anzac Cove 60 years later.
The discovery of gold a few years earlier had brought prospectors from all over the globe to the area around Ballarat in Victoria. At the same time that these hopeful, but not always skillful souls were toiling in search of the big strike, on another level great men were trying to create a viable colony for the British Crown. They wanted order, the rule of law, commerce, prosperity and an infrastructure that would support the thousands of people of every age, state of health and attitude to the law that had, for one purpose, flocked to the goldfields. These two sets of needs and wants turned out to be totally incompatible and the attempts of the powerful to control and manage the hopeful became ever more brutal and heavy handed.
Leaders emerged as leaders always will and frustration led to violence as it often does. Attempts by sensible men on both sides to ensure freedom, equity, properity and order came to nothing because of bad timing, twists of circumstance and momentary lapses of judgement.
The colonial government prevailed because the soldiers defeated the diggers at the stockade on 3rd December.
The diggers won the day because the debilitating licences were abolished, no digger was ever convicted of treason, the Southern Cross flag still flies, the union movement was born and Australians saw themselves from then on as free citizens with a predisposition for thumbing their collcctive nose at authority and convention.
Australia was the ultimate victor because its national character began to be formed, societal values became commonly accepted and a determination to fight in the face of injustice began to be bred in to the Australian psyche. These qualities have been plainly seen on sports fields, on battlefields, in research labs, universities, boardrooms and in political forums across the globe.
The importance of the events leading up to the incident at the Eureka Stockade in 1854 cannot be overstated.
JC Munro 1999

Colcannon is
John Munro: Guitar, Octave Mandolin, VocalsKat Kraus: Vocals, Narration
Emma Luker: Fiddle, VocalsPete Titchener: Guitar, Vocals, Narration
Guest
Don Holdernesse (Bass & Keyboards)

Waiting
Something’s Coming
The Land Belongs to Them
Loyalty
The Yarrowee
The Gathering
 Republic
Bentley's Pub
The Queen's Justice
Bakery Hill
Rebellion
Spirit of the Land

All songs written by John C Munro

The CD includes the narration between songs

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