The eureka stockade

By swagkingyolomate
  • The Gold Rush begins

    The Gold Rush begins

    after finding gold, everyone would want to find some and make hundreds

  • tthe cost of the license fee per month is tripled

    after some discussion in the government, they agreed to triple the fee of each license per month

  • miners burn all licenses

    after dispute between the government miners gather to burn all lincenses

  • Enforced licensing

    after Governor Hotham came into power, he made it mandatory for every ddigger to have a license

  • murder of James Scobie and burning of the bentleys hotel

    james Scobie was murdered in the Eureka hotel, ten days later hundreds of miners gathered to burn down the hotel

  • Union flag Raised

    all miners gathered to Raise the Union Flag of Australia

  • miners demand release of three captive diggers

    on this date, 10,000 miners got together and demanded the release of the three diggers held captive

  • diggers train around stockade

    most diggers train in and around the stockade for the whole day getting ready for battle

  • authorities attack stockade

    early in the morning of december 3rd the authorities attack the stockade

  • first court trial

    the first of many trials were started and most for high treason on all miners