| Sovereign Hill |
| Red
Hill Mine - Lifesize SpectraVision & Audio Interpretation. |
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The brief was to create a self-guided adventure underground for school groups, allow them to experience the conditions down a deep lead mine and witness the discovery of the Welcome Nugget. |
| Sovereign Hill |
| 'Blood on the Southern Cross' |
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Sound & Light |
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The brief was to capitalise on Sovereign Hill's very valuable property by extending operations into nightly entertainment. Fundamental to our thinking was that technology be used to minimise overhead costs. |
`Blood on the Southern Cross' tells the dramatic story of the Eureka Rebellion. Visitors are led onto the 1854 diggings of Ballarat. Through the medium of Sound & Light, they learn of the tension between miners and the government.
Visitors are
transported in special vehicles to the Eureka diggings. A young digger is
murdered by James Bentley, the owner of the Eureka Hotel.
Infuriated by
the Court's acquittal of Bentley, the miners riot and set fire to the Eureka
Hotel.
Diggers attack
a column of military reinforcements. During the fray horses break away from
a burning wagon that runs across the diggings.
The Rebellion
ends in the bloody battle of the Eureka Stockade.
The flag of the Southern Cross is raised at a monster meeting on Bakery Hill. Peter Lalor appears on a water-screen beside the flagpole and swears an oath to the flag.
