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The first sight of gold brought lot's of people to Australia
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If diggers were found with out a Licence on the goldfields they would be sent straight to jail.
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James Bentley was the one who Murdered James Scottie Scobie but was charged not guilty.
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Peter Lauler sweared the oath in front of around a thousand diggers, the other diggers followed. "We swear by the southern cross to stand truly by each other and defend our rights and liberties."
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The troopers and some recruited soldiers battled the diggers on a Sunday morning when most diggers where out and they least expected it so they could easily win.
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Diggers burnt down the Eureka Hotel, furious that James Bentley the owner, wasn't locked up for murdering James Scottie Scobie. They were disgraced at the injustice.
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After all their struggling and 20 diggers killed in the eureka stockade, others badly injured, the diggers finally have their rights