Eureka Stockade

  • Licences

    the Victorian Government decided to increase the miners licences to 3 pounds per month.
  • Decreasing Licences

    The government decreased the current fee to 2 pounds for 3 months, this also made the miners release their grudge for the government.
  • Period: to

    increasing Licences

    Te licence fee was rasied to 4 pounds for 6 months and 8 pounds for 12 months. at the of this event many miners were unhappy with the fee because most were'nt finding gold
  • Weekly Hunts

    Gov Hotham makes miners show their licence twice a week to increase the budget even more.
  • Peter Lalor is Leader

    They were asked to show their licences, but instead they threw rocks at them. In the afternoon another meeting is held and Peter Lalor is elected leader. He asked for volunteers and hundreds answer and swore an oath then they barricaded the Eureka Lead.
  • The Attack

    On Sunday Victorian police intended on attacking the stockade with it's 296 soldiers equiped with firearms. They launched the attack at dawn and 22 miners and 7 miltary are sadly dead.
  • The Recommendation

    Members of the Gold Fields Commission address Governor Hotham that the licences are to be gone.
  • Finalised

    The final report is handed to Governor Hotham and it states that licences are gone, but anyone who has found gold must pay a small fee for their discovery.