A slush lamp is smoky, but it keeps bugs away.
How to make bush soap and saleratus
Warning. Jackie says: use gloves to make this, as water that has been washed through ashes can irritate or even badly burn your hands.
Half fill a billy with wood ash, then fill it up with water. Stir it with a stick, then pour into another billy, straining the ash out through an old petticoat.
Now you’ve got good strong ash water that’ll bubble if you add it to buttermilk or soured milk or lemon juice. The bubbles will help make your scones and damper light. It’ll clean plates or clothes too, but be careful as it will be very strong and ‘cause it’ll burn your hands. Use about half a billy can of ‘bush soap’ to a barrel of water.
Jackie says: the ‘ash water’ is very alkaline. That’s why it bubbles when added to acids (sour milk or lemon juice). It’s too dangerous for me to use. I stick to self-raising flour and soap.
How to make a Gentleman’s pomade for the hair to keep it glossy
1 cup beeswax
2 cups stewed apple
2 cups coconut oil or mutton dripping
Place all in a pan an’ boil. Pour into tins to set. Keep tins in the creek on hot days.
How to cure chapped hands
Rub well with dripping.
How to cure dry hair
Rub well with dripping.
How to waterproof boots
Rub well with dripping.
How to keep rain out of the tent
Rub well with dripping.
How to cure sore b**s after the trots
Rub well with dripping.
Some of Jackie’s Awards
Hitler’s Daughter
•CBC Younger Readers’ Award winner, 2000
•UK National Literacy Association WOW! Award winner, 2001
•Shortlisted in the Fiction for Older Readers category, YABBA awards 2007 and 2008
•US Library Association Notable Book
•Koala Awards 2007 and 2008, Roll of Honour, and shortlisted for Favourite Book of 2008
•Semi-Grand Prix award, Japan
•The Helpmann Award for a Children’s Presentation and two Drover’s Awards, 2007, for the Monkey Baa production of Hitler’s Daughter: the play
In Your Blood
•ACT Book of the Year, 2002
Diary of a Wombat (illustrated by Bruce Whatley)
•(USA) Benjamin Franklin Award
•(USA) Lemmee Award
•(USA) Favourite Picture Book of the Year, Cuffie Awards, 2003
•(USA) Funniest Book in the Cuffie Awards (tied with Diary of a Worm), 2003
•Cool Award, for Best Picture Book, voted by the kids of the ACT, 2003
•Young Australian Readers’ Award winner, 2003
•KOALA Award for Best Picture Book winner, 2003
•(USA) KIND Award winner, 2004
•Shortlisted for the Bilby Awards, 2007
•Northern Territory KROC Award for Favourite Book of 2007
•Bilby Award for Favourite Book of 2008
A Rose for the Anzac Boys
•Shortlisted: CBC Awards Book of the Year (Older Readers), 2009
How High Can a Kangaroo Hop?
•Shortlisted: CBC Eve Pownall Award for Information Books, 2009
To the Moon and Back (co-written with Bryan Sullivan, Jackie’s husband)
•CBC Eve Pownall Award for Information Books winner, 2005
They Came on Viking Ships
•Shortlisted: (UK) Essex Book Award
•Winner: West Australian Young Readers’ Book Awards (WAYBRA) (Younger Readers), 2007
•Shortlisted: NSW Premier’s History Awards (Young People’s History Prize), 2006
Macbeth and Son
•Shortlisted: CBC Awards, 2007
The Goat who Sailed the World
•Notable Book: CBC Awards (Younger Readers), 2007
•Shortlisted: YABBA Award, 2008
The Camel who Crossed Australia
•Shortlisted: CBC Awards Book of the Year (Younger Readers), 2009
Josephine Wants To Dance (illustrated by Bruce Whatley)
•Australian Booksellers’ Book of the Year (Younger Readers), 2007
•Notable Book: CBC Awards (Early Childhood), 2007
•Notable Book: CBC Awards (Picture Book of the Year), 2007
•Shortlisted: CBC Awards (Older Readers), 2008
•Shortlisted: ACT Book of the Year (competing with general adult titles), 2008
Shaggy Gully Times (illustrated by Bruce Whatley)
•Shortlisted: CBC Awards (Younger Readers), 2008
•White Raven Award winner, 2008
About the Author
Jackie French is a full-time writer and wombat negotiator. Jackie writes fiction and non-fiction for all ages, and has columns in the print media. Jackie is regarded as one of Australia’s most popular children’s authors. She writes across all genres — from picture books, humour and history to science fiction.
Other titles by Jackie French
Historical
Somewhere Around the Corner • Dancing with Ben Hall Soldier on the • HillDaughter of the Regiment • Hitler’s Daughter Lady Dance • The White Ship • How the Finnegans Saved the Ship • Valley of Gold • Tom Appleby, Convict Boy They Came on Viking Ships • Macbeth and Son • Pharaoh The Goat who Sailed the World • The Dog who Loved a Queen A Rose for the Anzac Boys • The Donkey who Carried the Wounded
Fiction
Rain Stones • Walking the Boundaries • The Secret Beach Summerland • Beyond the Boundaries • A Wombat Named Bosco The Book of Unicorns • The WarriorThe Story of a Wombat Tajore Arkle • Missing You, Love Sara • Dark Wind Blowing Ride the Wild Wind: The Golden Pony and Other Stories
Non-fiction
Seasons of Content • How the Aliens from Alpha Centauri Invaded My Maths Class and Turned Me into a Writer How to Guzzle Your Garden • The Book of Challenges Stamp, Stomp, Whomp • The Fascinating History of Your Lunch Big Burps, Bare Bums and Other Bad-Mannered Blunders To the Moon and Back • Rocket Your Child into Reading The Secret World of Wombats • How High Can a Kangaroo Hop?
Outlands Trilogy
In the Blood • Blood Moon • Flesh and Blood
School for Heroes
Lessons for a Werewolf Warrior
Wacky Families Series
1. My Dog the Dinosaur • 2. My Mum the Pirate 3. My Dad the Dragon • 4. My Uncle Gus the Garden Gnome 5. My Uncle Wal the Werewolf • 6. My Gran the Gorilla 7. My Auntie Chook the Vampire Chicken • 8. My Pa the Polar Bear
Phredde Series
1. A Phaery Named Phredde
2. Phredde and a Frog Named Bruce
3. Phredde and the Zombie Librarian
4. Phredde and the Temple of Gloom
5. Phredde and the Leopard-Skin Librarian
6. Phredde and the Purple Pyramid
7. Phredde and the Vampire Footy Team
8. Phredde and the Ghostly Underpants
Picture Books
Diary of a Wombat • Pete the Sheep • Josephine Wants to Dance The Shaggy Gully Times • Emily and the Big Bad Bunyip Baby Wombat’s Week
Copyright
an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, Australia
First published in Australia in 2009
This edition published in 2013
by HarperCollinsPublishers Australia Pty Limited
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Copyright © Jackie French 2009
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National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication data:
French, Jackie.
The night they stormed Eureka / Jackie French.
ISBN: 978-0-7322-8541-8 (pbk.)
ISBN: 978-0-7304-4342-1 (ePub)
For primary school age.
Eureka Stockade (Ballarat, Vic.) — Juvenile fiction.
Gold mines and mining — Victoria — Ballarat — History — Juvenile fiction.
Riots — Victoria — Ballarat — Juvenile fiction.
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