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If you were caught without a gold licence during the gold rush you usually had to pay a fine. The fine increased every time you were caught. However, other punishments included being arrested and even being chained to a tree. The police on the gold fields were lower class and usually ex-convicts so they were quite harsh on the miners. This contributed to the miners' detest of the authorities which ultimately led to the Eureka Stockade in 1854.

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