In essence, the Eureka Stockade was a rebellion which led to a revolution in how the diggers were represented in government.
The Eureka Stockade was not a riot because there is no evidence that the diggers who fortified themselve in the stockade were unruly.
In more ways, it was a revolution, because it caused the government to take notice of the conditions on the goldfields, and it led to the birth of democratic representation in Australia.
Yes and no. The Eureka Stockade was actually a battle between the soldiers and the Australian gold miners (diggers). It occurred on the goldfields outside Ballarat in December 1854.
The Eureka Stockade was a battle between the gold miners on the Ballarat goldfields and the troopers (colonial police).
The Eureka Stockade did not affect the Aborigines in any way. It was a battle between the miners and the soldiers.
No, not at all. The Eureka Stockade was a battle between the soldiers and the Australian gold miners (diggers). It occurred on the goldfields outside Ballarat in December 1854.
The Eureka Stockade was a battle between the police, though soldiers were heavily involved, and the Australian gold miners (diggers). It occurred on the goldfields outside Ballarat in Devember 1854.
No. In 1854, when the Eureka Stockade occurred, there were no longer any convicts in any of the eastern colonies - only in Western Australia. The Eureka Stockade was a battle between the soldiers and the Australian gold miners (diggers). It occurred on the goldfields outside Ballarat in December 1854.
The battle involved the Red-Coats (police) and the miners. It was a battle over the sudden increase in the cost of a mining licence.
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The Eureka Stockade was buikt by the miners as a stockade, from which they planned to defend themselves against licence arrests.
The Eureka Stockade was constructed during the afternoon of Saturday 2 December 1854.
The Eureka Stockade, or battle, occurred on December 3, 1854. It was between the miners and the colonial authority. The rebellion occurred due to taxation, the actions of the government, and the cost of a Miner's License.
The miners were
The Eureka Stockade was a battle between the police (troopers), soldiers and the Australian gold miners (diggers). The miners rebelled against the monthly licence fees and invasive and often violent licence checks by the police, and certainly hoped to gain the attention of the politicians, but convicts were not involved at all, as there were no longer convicts in New South Wales at that time.