Thanks are due to Siobhán McHugh, who gave me a copy of her excellent radio documentary, The Irish at Eureka—Rebels or Riff-Raff?, to help with my research. Sovereign Hill at Ballarat, naturally, was a great source of inspiration.
Thanks also to the team at HarperCollins New Zealand for doing their usual great job of getting the book ready to go and out there, and to HarperCollins Australia, and to Anna Rogers for once again polishing the hell out of it.
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