The Eureka Stockade battle happened on Sunday, December 3rd 1854. At dawn soldiers attacked the Eureka Stockade. The Eureka Stockade battle came about because the miners were fed up about paying for licences and how angry the police and soldiers were towards them.

The Stockade was only a wooden barricade enclosing about an acre of the goldfields. The battle only lasted about fifteen minutes and thirty miners were killed or later died of their injuries.

The immediate result of this rebellion was a public reaction against the goverment. Licence hunting became almost non-existent and the Victorian jury acquitted all but one of 13 miners charged.

The battle at the Eureka Stockade helped to abolish the gold licences and miners were now able to vote in elections for parliament.

The Eureka rebellion is considered by some historians to be the birthplace of democracy. The Southern cross flag is still used as a symbol of protest by organisations and individuals against the government.