The Eureka Stockade
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Auerbach, M. P. (2017). Eureka Stockade. Eureka Stockade, 1-2. Retrieved fromhttp://search.ebscohost.com.db.plcscotch.wa.edu.au/login.aspx?direct=true&db=azh&AN=121901076&site=ehost-live
On 29 November 1854, independent gold miners (or "diggers")
at the Eureka goldfield in Ballarat, Victoria, gathered to
protest fees and licence requirements imposed on them by
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Eureka Stockade. (2018). In World Book Student. Retrieved from https://www-worldbookonline-com.db.plcscotch.wa.edu.au/student/article?id=ar186580
Eureka Stockade was the best-known incident in the quarrel in Australia between the colonial government of Victoria and the gold miners of Ballarat. -
Ergo. (2018). Eureka Stockade. Retrieved from http://ergo.slv.vic.gov.au/explore-history/golden-victoria/impact-society/eureka-stockade
The Eureka Stockade was caused by a disagreement over what gold miners felt were unfair laws and policing of their work by government
Gold Rushes
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NMA.gov. ( n.d.) Gold Rushes. Retrieved from ://www.nma.gov.au/online_features/defining_moments/featured/gold-rushes
The discovery of gold in the 1850s started a series of rushes that transformed the Australian colonies.
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Ergo. (2018). Golden Victoria Retrieved from http://ergo.slv.vic.gov.au/explore-history/golden-victoria
Here was a metal that could liberate servants from their masters and sometimes set those masters off to dig for gold themselves.
Peter Lalor
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Woolley, B. (2018). Lalor, Peter. In World Book Student. Retrieved from https://www-worldbookonline-com.db.plcscotch.wa.edu.au/student/article?id=ar310490
Lalor, Peter (1827-1889), was the leader of the Eureka Stockade rebellion by gold miners in Victoria, Australia, in 1854. He later became a politician.
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Ergo. (2018). Peter Lalor. Retrieved from http://ergo.slv.vic.gov.au/explore-history/rebels-outlaws/law-enforcement/peter-lalor
Peter Lalor was an Irish migrant who led the rebellion of the Eureka Stockade.