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What problems did the miners have with the police and soldiers during the eureka stockade?
The miners were angry when a man known to be friends with a police was charged with the murder of a miner. A mob of diggers burned down Bentley's Hotel where the murder was taken place.
What did the police do in the miners strike?
That depends which miners strike in history.
Why did the police harass the miners?
Easy! The police harassed the miners because alot of miners didn't have a licence so if a prospector (digger, miner) didn't have a licence the police could fine them or even arrest them
Why do they call a police man a bobbie?
The police nickname 'Bobby' is inspired by Sir Robert Peel, the UK politician responsible for implementing a 'modern' police force to the UK in 1829. The lesser used police nickname 'Peeler' also stems from the same source.
Why is a police man known as a copper?
In the 1900's the buttons on certain police uniforms were made of copper, thus they got the nickname coppers
What is the nickname for the state of Wisconsin and why?
The Badger StateThis nickname originally referred to the lead miners, of the 1830s, who worked at the Galena lead mines in Illinois. These mines were in northwestern Illinois close to the borders of Wisconsin and Iowa. The Wisconsin miners lived, not in houses, but in temporary caves cut into the hillsides. These caves were described as badger dens and, the miners who lived in them, as badgers. This derisive nickname was brought back to Wisconsin by these miners. Eventually, the nickname was applied to all of the people of Wisconsin and, finally, to the state itself.
What was the nickname for the miners who came west to California?
The miners who came west to California during the Gold Rush were often called "Forty-Niners" because they arrived in 1849 seeking gold.
Known especially for his role in the Police Academy movies what is Michael Winslow's nickname?
Man of 10,000 Sound Effects
The Eureka stockade was a battle between police and convicts or politcians or miners?
The Eureka Stockade was a battle between the gold miners on the Ballarat goldfields and the troopers (colonial police).
What were the weapons used by the police and the miners in the eureka stockade?
The police and soldiers hadmuskets, bayonets andand pistols while the miners probably used pick axes and other mining tools.
Who were the people at the Eureka Stockade?
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.
The Eureka Stockade was a battle between police and convicts politicians miners?
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.
