Eureka Stockade | |
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Genre | historical |
Written by | Tom Hegarty |
Directed by | Rod Hardy |
Starring |
Bryan Brown Bill Hunter Carol Burns Amy Madigan Tom Burlinson |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 3 |
Production | |
Producer | Hector Crawford |
Running time | 2 hours each episode |
Production company | Crawfords |
Budget | $2.5 million [1] [2] [3] |
Original release | |
Network | Channel Seven |
Release | 27 March 1984 |
Eureka Stockade is a 1984 Australian miniseries based on the battle of Eureka Stockade. [1] It reunited the producer, writer and star of A Town Like Alice.
The series was researched over two years and filmed over four months. [2] It was shot on location near Ballarat and Bendigo. [4] It was a difficult shoot as it took place during a heatwave. A $250,000 set of the British camp was almost destroyed during the Ash Wednesday bushfires. [2] A Eureka flag was stolen during filming. [5]
The series was a ratings disappointment compared to A Town Like Alice. However it sold widely overseas and screened in the US. [6] [7]