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'1854, the eve of the Eureka Stockade battle. Ballarat is teeming with miners and rebels, and Irish-born Fintan Donovan is fighting private battles of his own.

'I'm a daughter of my homeland.  We're Irish. It's all we need to know.'

'This isn't Ireland, Niamh.' Kilkenny Pat cut through her words. 'It's a new country.
Even the English aren't English here.'

'It is 1854 and Ballarat is teeming with miners, dreamers and rebels. On the eve of the Eureka Stockade battle, Fintan Donovan is fighting private battles of his own. Torn between his Irish upbringing and his friendship with an English boy called Matthew Ward, Fintan must make a stand. Will he be dominated by the hatreds of the old world or will he find a new way to live in the new country?

'Vivid and powerful, The Valley of Blood and Gold evokes a moment in history that is entrenched in Australian national heritage.'

Source : publisher's blurb

Affiliation Notes

  • This work has been affiliated with the Irishness in Australian Literature dataset because it contains Irish characters, settings, tropes or themes.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2011 .
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      • Publication date: 28 February 2011.
      ISBN: 9780143008972 (pbk.), 9781742532066 (ebk)

Works about this Work

Untitled John D. Adams , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 55 no. 2 2011; (p. 36)

— Review of The Valley of Blood and Gold Tony Palmer , 2011 single work novel
[Review] Fromelles : Australia's Bloodiest Day at War [et al] Peter Christiansen , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 19 no. 2 2011; (p. 19-20)

— Review of Fromelles : Australia's Bloodiest Day at War Carole Wilkinson , 2011 selected work children's fiction non-fiction ; Simpson's Donkey : A Wartime Journey to Gallipoli and Beyond Peter Stanley , 2011 single work children's fiction ; The Valley of Blood and Gold Tony Palmer , 2011 single work novel
Untitled Jane Taylor , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 25 no. 3 2011; (p. 30-31)

— Review of The Valley of Blood and Gold Tony Palmer , 2011 single work novel
Untitled Clare Hingston , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 26 no. 1 2011; (p. 43)

— Review of The Valley of Blood and Gold Tony Palmer , 2011 single work novel
Off the Shelf : Young Adult Fiction Dianne Dempsey , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 26 March 2011; (p. 29)

— Review of The Valley of Blood and Gold Tony Palmer , 2011 single work novel
Off the Shelf : Young Adult Fiction Dianne Dempsey , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 26 March 2011; (p. 29)

— Review of The Valley of Blood and Gold Tony Palmer , 2011 single work novel
Untitled Clare Hingston , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 26 no. 1 2011; (p. 43)

— Review of The Valley of Blood and Gold Tony Palmer , 2011 single work novel
Untitled Jane Taylor , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 25 no. 3 2011; (p. 30-31)

— Review of The Valley of Blood and Gold Tony Palmer , 2011 single work novel
[Review] Fromelles : Australia's Bloodiest Day at War [et al] Peter Christiansen , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 19 no. 2 2011; (p. 19-20)

— Review of Fromelles : Australia's Bloodiest Day at War Carole Wilkinson , 2011 selected work children's fiction non-fiction ; Simpson's Donkey : A Wartime Journey to Gallipoli and Beyond Peter Stanley , 2011 single work children's fiction ; The Valley of Blood and Gold Tony Palmer , 2011 single work novel
Untitled John D. Adams , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 55 no. 2 2011; (p. 36)

— Review of The Valley of Blood and Gold Tony Palmer , 2011 single work novel
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