The Eureka Flag

1854

Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka (M.A.D.E)
Ballarat, Australia

The Eureka Flag on display with conservator Kristin Phillips and Val D'Angri. This is the Eureka Flag flown at the Eureka Stockade on 3 December 1854, now over 160 years old the flag is one of Australia's foremost and rarest textile treasures.

Unknown makers, The flag of the Southern Cross (Eureka Flag), Date of Production: 1854, Gift of the King Family to the Art Gallery of Ballarat. Kindly on loan and displayed at the Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka.

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Title: The Eureka Flag
Date Created: 1854
Physical Dimensions: 260 x 324 cm (irregular)
Medium: Wool, cotton

Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka (M.A.D.E)

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