33 – Eureka Pt 5: Eureka Trials
With the rebellion at the Eureka Stockade ended, the authorities moved the main players to Melbourne to be tried for treason. In the days immediately...
Category: Goldrush
Australian histories related to the Goldrushes
32 – Eureka Pt 4: Eureka Stockade
With no positive response to their delegations, pleading & petitions, the Ballarat miners determined they must boycott the corrupt system all together and physically resist...
31 – Eureka Pt 3: Ballarat Reform League
Relations between the authorities and the diggers on the Ballarat goldfield continued to deteriorate, and despite the reports of corruption and violent behaviour being reported...
30 – Eureka Pt 2: Ballarat Goldfield
We turn our attention to the Ballarat Goldfield. The road to the Eureka Rebellion here was actually quite long, and contained a myriad of grievances...
29 – Eureka Pt 1: Gold
Gold miners built the Eureka Stockade at the Ballarat goldfields in December 1854, but trouble between the miners and the authorities had started pretty much...