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The Victorian gold rush started when gold was found at Summerhill Creek and Ballarat.
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Inside the stockade some 500 diggers took an oath on the Southern Cross flag, and over the following two days gathered firearms and forged pikes to defend the stockade.
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Governor Hotham came to power
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Diggers meeting to try to bring the men to justice.
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A mass burning of licences took place at a meeting on Bakery Hill
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The authorities launched an attack on the stockade.
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The Gold Fields Commission handed down its report, and the government adopted all of its recommendations.
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Peter Lalor later became the first MLC (Member of the Legislative Council) for the seat of Ballarat.
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The population of the Victorian goldfields peaked at 150,000
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Australia became one country and England no longer ruled us.
