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On the 7th of October 1854. James Sobie was Murderd. This happened on the goldfields infront of the "Ballarat Bentley Eureka Hotel".
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People from the goldmines formed a group call the " Ballarat Reform League ". Everyone wanted no more Gold licences. It should be the govement paying the miners, not the miners paying the govement.
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Govenor Hotham is bonkers because HE is the government and HE will not be given demands from anyone
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The miners want everyone to burn their licences and fight for justice and 90 gold miners burn their licences.
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Commissioner Rede does not allow lawlessness and orders his men to shoot anyone doing the wrong thing.
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The diggers are angry and want to fight for their rights. Peter Lalor is the leader of the diggers and makes them swear work together for justice
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Peter Lalor tells the miners to gather up tents and wood to build a stockade. While the diggers are doing that, Commissioner Rede is planning an attack
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It was dawn when the fight began. Peter Lalor was shot but is still alive. 15 Miners died and 6 Troopers died. The miners lost. Peter Lalor needs to chop his arm off. He was sent to Geelong and a lady named Alicia Dunne looks after him. A poster went out to say that if anyone can capture Peter Lalor, they would be given L200. But Peter Lalor wasn't captured.