Eureka Stockade

By Chelsea Salmon

  • Diggers came to Australia

    Gold diggers came to Australia from all over the world

  • The group bacame friends with James Bentley

    He was a friend of the local magistrate and escaped prosecution

  • Governor Hotham came to power

    Governor Hotham set up liscence checks and laws.

  • Group of men killed a Drunk Scottish digger

    A group of men beat to death a drunken Scottish digger.

  • Meeting on 17th of October

    The diggers tryed to bring men to justice

  • Bentley's hotel burned to ground

    After meeting crowd of diggers burnt Bentley's hotel to the ground.

  • Diggers were arrested

    Threre diggers were arrested and charged with arson for setting the fire to the hotel.

  • Burnt their lisences

    The three men burnt their liscences after they got charged

  • Eureka flag raised

    The Eureka Flag got displayed.

  • Meeting on Bakery Hill

    Another mass burning of liscences took place at a meeting on Bakery Hill

  • Diggers marched to Eureka diggings

    Diggers marched to the Eureka diggings where they constructed the famous stockade.

  • 500 diggers took oath on Southern Cross flag

    Inside the stockade, some 500 diggers took an oath on the Southern Cross flag.

  • Early morning lanched attack on Stockade

    Early in the morning, the authorities launched an attack on the stockade.

  • The diggers were outnumbered

    The diggers were outnumbered in the battle and the battle was over in twenty minutes.

  • 22 diggers and 5 troops were killed