Eureka Stockade Web Story

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EUREKA !

A Rush For Gold

Author: Emma Martin S0211705


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Edward Hammond Hargraves

(October 7, 1816-1891) was 34

years old when he discoveredgold. He was born at Gosport,

England and was known to have

worked in many jobs such as a

sailor, a farmer, a hotel manager

and a shipping agent. OnFebruary 12, 1851 Hargraves

found gold near Bathurst, at

Summer Hills Creek, naming the

gold field Ophir named after the

Biblical City.

How would you feel if you were the

first to find gold in Australia?

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News of gold spread quickly around the world, on hearing that there

was gold to be found thousands of people left their homes and jobs

and set off to the diggings to find their fortune. In 1852alone, 370,000

immigrants arrived in Australia. By 1871, the national population hadtrebled to 1.7 million. The Australian gold rush transformed former

convict colonies into modern cities with an influx of free emigrants in

the latter half of the nineteenth century. Hundreds of thousands of

hopeful diggers arrived in the eastern ports, bringing new skills and

professions which contributed to a booming economy.

Would you have enjoyed living a

life on the gold fields of

Australia?


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The gold rush had left very few men available to work in numeroustrades and jobs because the men were all going to seek their fortuneon the goldfields. In an attempt to limit the number of people who

left their jobs to search for gold, the government obligated people tobuy a licence to mine. This caused great trouble, as miners had topay a fee each month to renew their licence, whether or not they

found gold. Miners had to carry their licence at all times as licenceswere checked twice a week. This meant that Police were kept sobusy checking licences and collecting fees, they had little time to

fight crime and keep order. Bushrangers roamed the countryside,holding up travellers and robbing them, and at the diggings therewas burglary, claim-jumping (taking over someone's claim), and

violence, including police actions.


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On the 11thof November 1854, about 10,000 diggers met to demand that thelicence system be dropped and that all males should be allowed to vote,

as only licensed miners who had lived in the location for at least sixmonths could vote. The Governor refused these requests and the diggersfury reached a peak. At a second meeting,on the 29thof November, the

diggers displayed their flag, the Eureka flag, blue with a white cross and 5stars representing the Southern Cross. They publicly burned their licences

and elected leaders for their own rebellion.

If you could create a flag, what would your flag look like?

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On the 30thof November 1854, there was another mass burning of

licences at a meeting on Bakery Hill. A man named Peter Lalor led

the diggers to the Eureka diggings, which had been name after a

deep seam of gold which was called the Eureka lead. On this site,

they built a fort, which they then named the Eureka Stockade. It

was a wooden barricade circling about an acre of land. In this very

barricade, about 1000 rebels swore an oath under the Eureka flag

and prepared to fight. However, over the next couple of nights, a

number of the men slipped away, aware of the hopelessness of the

situation.


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On the 3rdof December, in the early hours of the morning, several hundred

soldiers and police attacked the stockade. Reports about the number of

government troops vary, but they outnumbered the diggers and were

much better equipped with weapons and tactics. With only two hundredor so miners left inside the stockade, they were quickly defeated and the

battle lasted only twenty minutes. It is believed that twenty two diggers

and five soldiers perished in the battle. One of the diggers leaders, Peter

Lalor, was badly wounded and went into hiding. Thirteen miners were

charged with treason (a crime against a monarch or a government), forwhich they could be hanged if found guilty. However, they were all

acquitted at their trial and set free.


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A few months after the Eureka Battle, in March 1855, a Commissionwhich had investigated the situation gave its formal report to the

government. Everything the Commission recommended was done,

and the diggers demands were met. A law was passed to allow anydigger who had a licence to vote. After the licensing laws werechanged a digging licence cost one pound per year, instead of eightpounds per year. The powerful (and often hated) position of GoldCommissioner was replaced by a system of wardens. In 1855, the

Ballarat miners had eight representatives put into place in the

Victorian Government, among these was Peter Lalor. Today there isa Melbourne suburb called Lalor, named after Peter Lalor for hismemorable efforts during the time of the Eureka Rebellion.


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How do you think you would feel if

you were a digger in this time, finally

your demands were being met?
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The Eureka Rebellion, Australias only armed uprising, was a crucial

stepping- stone towards democracy for the country. It stemmed

from a build up of grievances on the gold field and marked thebreaking point for miners frustrations related to the licensing of

mining permits and lack of political representation, and results in

one of the greatest victories for equity and fairness in Australias

history.

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The Eureka Rebellion was a historically significant organised rebellion

of Ballarat, Victoria. The battle of Eureka Stockade was fought

between miners and the Colonial forces of Australia on the 3rdof

December 1854. The Eureka Stockade by which the rebellion is

popularly known, was named for the stockade structure erected by

miners during the conflict. The revolt resulting in the deaths of 22

miners, it was the most significant conflict in the colonial history of

Victoria.

What are the key factors you have learnt about the Eureka

Rebellion?


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The impact of a significant development or event on a colony; for

example, frontier conflict, the gold rushes, the Eureka Stockade,

internal exploration, the advent of rail, the expansion of farming,

drought. (ACHHK095)(ACARA 2009)

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