It is not known who, specifically, decided to build the Eureka Stockade. It is regarded as having been a collaborative effort by the miners, led by Peter Lalor.
The Eureka Stockade was buikt by the miners as a stockade, from which they planned to defend themselves against licence arrests.
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.
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.
We swear by the Southern Cross to stand truly by each other, and fight to defend our rights and liberties.
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.
Eureka Stockade goverment
The miners in the Eureka Stockade were primarily campaigning against the unexpected, unfair licence checks conducted by the troopers, or "traps" on a regular basis. Their other grievance was the high costs of licences, which had to paid whether or not the miners found gold.