eureka stockade

By Chase Pati

  • ballarat colonies found

    birth of the gold fields

  • miners had to pay for a licence to mine for gold

    it cost them 1 pound and 10 shillings

  • First gold found

  • Gov Hotham came into power

    changed up licence checks to twice a week instead of once a month

  • James Scobi was murdered outside pub

  • meeting of diggers to protest

  • back up call by gov.

  • diggers met to protest the arrests of 3 miners for burning down pub, the licences and voting rights. The Ballarat reform legue was founded

  • James Bentley and co re-arrested and convicted of man slaughter of James scobie

  • meeting held and the eureka flag raised for the first time. Burning of licences.

  • met for another burning of licences. Peter Lalor got them to start building the stockade

  • early hours of morning stockade was attacked by police and military. 22 miners, 5 soldiers died during the 20 min battle

  • 13 miners were held for treason