The Eureka Stockade was the 1854 miners' uprising on the goldfields of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Conditions on the Australian goldfields were harsh. Most diggers worked from dawn to dusk, six days a week. Sometimes they were lucky and had a good strike. Often they found very little at all.
The main source of discontent was the miner's licence, which cost a monthly fee of 30 shillings and permitted the holder to work a 3.6 metre square "claim". Licences had to be paid regardless of whether a digger's claim resulted in the finding of any gold. Troopers (goldfields police) conducted frequent licence hunts, during which the miners were ordered to produce proof of their licences, and this added to the discontent and increasing unrest. Previous delegations for miners' rights had met with a complete lack of action from the Victorian government, so on 29 November 1854, the miners burned their licences in a united, mass resistance against the laws over the miners. Following a widespread licence hunt on November 30, Irish immigrant Peter Lalor was elected to lead the rebellion, which culminated in the huge battle, now known as the Battle of the Eureka Stockade, on December 3.
A lesser-known catalyst to the Eureka Stockade was the death of James Scobie, an unassuming Scottish gold miner. After becoming involved in a fight at the Eureka Hotel, also known as Bentley's Hotel, Scobie died on 7 October 1854.
An inquest into his death absolved the hotel owner, Bentley, and his staff of any wrongdoing. The miners, however, felt that justice had not been carried out, and held a meeting outside the hotel in mid-October. There were a lot of angry people, and subsequently a riot ensued and the hotel was incinerated. As a result of this, more troopers were sent from Melbourne, and miners had to endure even more frequent licence checks, and more frequent clashes between miners and troopers.
The response of the miners to the extra licence checks was to build the Stockade, named the Eureka Stockade, and barricade themselves in so the troopers couldn't get in to check their licences. In turn, the response of the authorities to this was to send in armed soldiers to break down the stockade, which was only flimsy anyway. This was the battle of the Eureak Stockade.
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The Eureka Rebellion was a mini revolution that occurred in Eureka, Ballarat, Victoria. It happened because mining taxes were to high and the miners felt that they had a right to vote and buy land. They then had a mini revolution which resulted in the death of 30 people.
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A large group of miners ,that were lead by Peter Lalor.
The Eureka flag hung above the Eureka Stockade, as a symbol of rebellion against the authorities and their unfair treatment of the miners.
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