RACV Review of

"The Redhill Mine Experience"

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`Blood on the Southern Cross' tells the dramatic story of the Eureka Rebellion. Visitors are led onto the 1854 diggings of Ballarat. Through the medium of Sound & Light, they learn of the tension between miners and the government.

Visitors are transported in special vehicles to the Eureka diggings. A young digger is murdered by James Bentley, the owner of the Eureka Hotel.

Infuriated by the Court's acquittal of Bentley, the miners riot and set fire to the Eureka Hotel.

The flag of the Southern Cross is raised at a monster meeting on Bakery Hill. Peter Lalor appears on a water-screen beside the flagpole and swears an oath to the flag.

Diggers attack a column of military reinforcements. During the fray horses break away from a burning wagon that runs across the diggings.

The Rebellion ends in the bloody battle of the Eureka Stockade.