Eureka Rebellion

Eureka Rebellion
Eureka Stockade Riot by John Black Henderson, 1854
Date1851–1854
LocationColony of Victoria
ParticipantsGold miners and the Victorian colonial government
Outcome
  • Rebellion put down by the colonial government
  • Fall of the Eureka Stockade
  • Thirteen rebel prisoners acquitted in the 1855 Victorian high treason trials
  • Tax and electoral reform


The Eureka Rebellion was a series of events involving gold miners who revolted against the British colonial government in Victoria, Australia during the Victorian gold rush. It culminated in the Battle of the Eureka Stockade, which took place on 3 December 1854 at Ballarat between the rebels and the colonial forces of Australia.


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