Book 2 - Caroline of Ballarat Station
Written and published by Maxwell A. Jefferies
Inspired by the True Story Behind the Gold Rush in Ballarat.
Between 1851 - 1858 Victoria’s volcanic plain is up-ended by a gold rush that drags thousands of tents, mounted troopers, and license fees onto quiet sheep country. Caroline Connolly, Irish widow of Ballarat Station, must pivot from pastoral order to frontier crisis while holding family, fence lines, and conscience together.
Section One - 1851 - The novel opens with the Connolly family running Ballarat Station in a calm, pastoral rhythm-shearing, bookkeeping and steady community ties. Rumours of gold soon draw wanderers who trespass, cut timber, and muddy the creek, foreshadowing upheaval. By August Caroline realises her fences, sheep, and even her children’s routines stand on ground about to be overrun by a canvas tide of prospectors.
Section Two - 1851-1853 - Gold fever explodes: thousands of tents press against station boundaries, license troopers arrive, and creek-borne illness sickens children. Caroline converts an idle woolshed into Connolly & Co. store, helps dig a public well, launches a night-watch, and joins a five-person civic council that begins shaping roads, a bake-house, and church services. Fire, theft, and hard policing test these fragile gains, yet shared labour and a “Sunday of Song” under the red gums prove a diverse camp can act and sing as one town.
Section Three - 1854 - Mounting resentment over high license fees and ignored petitions sparks open revolt. Miners fortify the Eureka Stockade under the Southern Cross and are overrun by the authorities with many killed. Caroline and children nurse the wounded after the brief, bloody dawn attack. The clash forces the colonial government to scrap the hated license and promise political representation, marking a turning point for Ballarat and for Caroline’s civic resolve.
Section Four - 1855 and Beyond - In the aftermath, Ballarat shifts from canvas to brick: streets are surveyed, a bake-house, school, and chapel rise, and Connolly & Co. play a pivotal part in the town recovery. Caroline is drawn into a romantic relationship with the new Commissioner who was send to sort out the chaos in Ballarat, then sells up everything in town and takes her children to a new station away from the town. They get back to the land and lifestyle they love.
Written and published by Maxwell A. Jefferies
Inspired by the True Story Behind the Gold Rush in Ballarat.
Between 1851 - 1858 Victoria’s volcanic plain is up-ended by a gold rush that drags thousands of tents, mounted troopers, and license fees onto quiet sheep country. Caroline Connolly, Irish widow of Ballarat Station, must pivot from pastoral order to frontier crisis while holding family, fence lines, and conscience together.
Section One - 1851 - The novel opens with the Connolly family running Ballarat Station in a calm, pastoral rhythm-shearing, bookkeeping and steady community ties. Rumours of gold soon draw wanderers who trespass, cut timber, and muddy the creek, foreshadowing upheaval. By August Caroline realises her fences, sheep, and even her children’s routines stand on ground about to be overrun by a canvas tide of prospectors.
Section Two - 1851-1853 - Gold fever explodes: thousands of tents press against station boundaries, license troopers arrive, and creek-borne illness sickens children. Caroline converts an idle woolshed into Connolly & Co. store, helps dig a public well, launches a night-watch, and joins a five-person civic council that begins shaping roads, a bake-house, and church services. Fire, theft, and hard policing test these fragile gains, yet shared labour and a “Sunday of Song” under the red gums prove a diverse camp can act and sing as one town.
Section Three - 1854 - Mounting resentment over high license fees and ignored petitions sparks open revolt. Miners fortify the Eureka Stockade under the Southern Cross and are overrun by the authorities with many killed. Caroline and children nurse the wounded after the brief, bloody dawn attack. The clash forces the colonial government to scrap the hated license and promise political representation, marking a turning point for Ballarat and for Caroline’s civic resolve.
Section Four - 1855 and Beyond - In the aftermath, Ballarat shifts from canvas to brick: streets are surveyed, a bake-house, school, and chapel rise, and Connolly & Co. play a pivotal part in the town recovery. Caroline is drawn into a romantic relationship with the new Commissioner who was send to sort out the chaos in Ballarat, then sells up everything in town and takes her children to a new station away from the town. They get back to the land and lifestyle they love.
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