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Clare Wright wins Stella prize for The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka

Written By Unknown on Tuesday, April 29, 2014 | 7:55 PM

Book by Melbourne historian exploring women's role in stockade rebellion takes $50,000 award


Melbourne historian and author Clare Wrights book, The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka, has won this years $50,000 Stella prize for womens writing.


The book, which explores the lead-up to the famous Eureka stockade rebellion in the 1850s, offers a rare combination of true scholarship with a warmly engaging narrative voice, judges said.


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