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15000 diggers at Mt. Alexander protest over licence fee
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Period: to
Eureka Rebellion
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Most Alluvial deposits of gold were exhausted
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The Red Ribbon Movement
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Further protests in 1853
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Licence Fee reduced to 10 shillings in NSW
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Many miners leave Bendigo for Ballarat
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Governor Hotham visits the goldfields
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Governor Hotham orders police to carry out licence checks twice a week instead of once per month
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Miner James Scobie killed outside of the Eureka Hotel by Bentley
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Bemtley found not guilty
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Eureka Hotel burnt down in anger of decision
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10000 diggers form the Ballarat Refornm League
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Hotham anouces that there will be a royal commision inquireinto state of the goldfields
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Bentley and co are found to be guilty
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Gathering on Bakery Hill to burn licences
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Miners swear their alegence to the southern cross
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The government troopers attack the stockade (Eureka Stockade)
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Licence fee abolished and Miners Right introduced