Blood on the Wattle is an Australian play by Les Haylen about the Eureka Rebellion.
However at the same time Ealing Studios announced plans to make its own version of the Eureka story and only that film eventuated.
[8] Haylen wrote a long preface for the play in the style of George Bernard Shaw.
[9] According to Leslie Rees, "Haylen’s chief merits are his dialogue, which has bite, colour, and swiftness, and can be acrid or humorous... and his etching of little characters.
Hence, despite the strong feelings that everywhere pervade the play, he fails to come readily to grips with the main issues of the Eureka affair.