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Ballarat colonies formed, birth of gold fields.
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Pay for licences
Miners have to pay for licences to mine for gold. 130 shillings -
First gold found
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Governor Hatham
Governor Hatham came into power. Licence checks twice a week. -
James Scobie's death,
James Scobie was murdered one night outside a pub. -
Hering guilty
Henring had for murder and James Bently was acquitted. -
Pub burnt down
Meeting of diggers to point the acgnital and resulting in the pub burning down. -
Diggers Arrest
Diggers met to protest and the arrests of 3 miners for burning down the pub, the licences and voting rights. The Ballarat reform league was founded. -
James Bently convicted again.
James Bently and co arrested and convicted of the manslaughter of James Scobie -
Meeting held
Meeting held at the Eureka flag raised for the first time. Burning of the their licences. -
Second meeting
Miners met up again for another burning of the licence. Peter Lalor got them to start building the stockade. -
The military arrival
Back up call for the military assistance by Gov. Hatham -
Eureka Stockade Date:
The Eureka Stockade was on December the 3rd, 1854 in Ballarat, Victoria and lasted only 20 minutes. -
The Eureka Stockade.
Early hours of training the Stockade. Police and military. 22 miners and 5 soldiers dies during the 20 minute battle. -
Why it was caused.
It was caused by disagreement between the gold diggers and the police. They thought that the law was unfair and they were ready to fight for their rights. -
The result of the stockade:
After the Eureka Stockade the miner rebellion was defeated by the Victorian Authorities. 125 miners taken to prison, many were badly wounded and a least 22 died, as well as 6 of the police troopers were killed. -
13 miners were held for treason.