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the Lincence fee got larger and it was unfair towards the gold diggers, the diggers were unhappy with the treatment they were getting from the police.
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Robert Rede became Ballarat’s resident Gold Commissioner.
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Lt Governor Sir Charles Hotham arrives in Victoria. He order recent hunts for gold in the area
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The Eureka Rebellion was a rebellion in 1854, instigated by gold miners in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, who faught against the colonial leaders of the United Kingdom