On December the 3rd 1845 at dawn , the police and soldiers came to Bakery Hill and fought against the diggers.    

The Eureka Stockade battle took place because the gold miners were very angry and they didn’t want to pay the licence fee. They were also very upset with the government.

The stockade was only a wooden barricade enclosing about an acre of the gold fields. The battle lasted only 15-20 minutes, 5 soldiers were killed and 30 diggers  were killed or later died of their wounds.

The result of the Eureka Stockade was that licence hunting became almost non-existent and the Victorian jury acquitted all but one of the 13 miners charged.  Later gold licences were abolished and a new fee of 1 pound a year was for a miner’s right. This gave the miners the right to vote in elections for parliament.

The Eureka Rebellion is still talked about today because many believe it was the start of Australian democracy. The Eureka flag is still shown today as a symbol of protest.