Historical information

Women of the Diggings was published by BHS Publishing and written by Dorothy Wickham. The chapters in the front of the book give an account of women's life on the goldfields, while the back section is the biography of around 1500 women in Ballarat in 1854.


Remarkable and amazing stories of untold courage! These first hand accounts have finally given women on the early goldfields a voice. The first detailed account of the lives and roles of women on the Victorian goldfields.

The fascinating and moving story of the early Ballarat goldfields told at last from a woman’s perspective.

Wives, mothers and daughters made their way to the Australian goldfields. Some came on the top of drays. Others walked. Many came to Ballarat, one of the richest goldfields the world has ever known.

Challenging and revealing!

Remarkable courage!

Over 1500 biographies

Eureka in a brand new context!

Physical description

Book outling women in Ballarat in 1854, the year of the Eureka Stockade.