Eureka stockade

By Jack.taylor84

  • There was a gold rush in America.

    There was a gold rush in America.
    Miners from all other the world came to California in the “Great gold rush”.

  • There was another gold rush.

    There was another gold rush.
    In bunniyong, Ballarat, Victoria there was another gold rush.

  • They had to pay a licence fee.

    They had to pay a licence fee.
    The governor said that all miners had to pay a licence fee of thirty shillings a month.

  • There was a murder.

    There was a murder.
    On October 1854, a miner named scobie was murdered.The miners thought that bentley a hotel keeper in the eureka hotel was guilty of the murder.

  • The miners gathered on bakery hill.

    The miners gathered on bakery hill.
    Later on bakery hill the miners formed the Ballarat reform league demanding the right to vote, better conditions and dropping the licences fees.But the governor refused there demands.

  • The governor sent mounted police to enforce the law.

    The governor sent mounted police to enforce the law.
    Instead the governor sent soldiers and mounted police to enforce the law.

  • Ready for a possible attack.

    Ready for a possible attack.
    The miners responded by building a stockade separating them from the police and troopers.They armed themselves against a possible attack.