Thirteen miners were arrested at Eureka and charged with High Treason in January following the battle of the Eureka Stockade.
They were:
We swear by the Southern Cross to stand truly by each other, and fight to defend our rights and liberties.
If miners could not produce their licence, they were fined, beaten or gaoled.
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 miners were
The Eureka Stockade was a battle between the gold miners on the Ballarat goldfields and the troopers (colonial police).
There was no gold in the Eureka Stockade. It was a primitive fortress used by revolting miners to protect themselves against police and military intervention.
The Eureka Stockade did not directly affect Aboriginal people as it was a conflict between European miners and the colonial authorities in Australia. However, it did bring attention to issues of inequality and injustice that were prevalent in the colonies at the time, shedding light on broader issues affecting all people, including Indigenous Australians.
Irishman Peter Lalor was elected as the leader of the rebels, leading the miners to revolt against the troopers in the Eureka Stockade, 1854.
The Eureka Stockade was buikt by the miners as a stockade, from which they planned to defend themselves against licence arrests.
This was called the Eureka Flag.
A soldier's name that was at the Eureka Stockade in 1954 is Private Felix Boyle. The Eureka Rebellion was fought between miners and the colonial forces of Australia.