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- Burning Licences
- Peter Lalor was elected
- Swore oath
- In late November 1854, the miners weren't happy about the license laws and refused to cooperate. The miners burned their licenses and stoned the police. Several miners were seriously wounded and badly injured.
- Battle
- The miners in 1855 elected Peter Lalor as leader of the protest who turned the Ballarat reformly into a military structure.
- The outcome of the battle
- With Peter Laylor as their leader they created a new flag the 'Eureka Flag', with stars on a white cross against a blue background. On 30 November 1854, miners from Ballarat in Victoria swore a solemn oath to the Southern Cross flag at Bakery Hill and built a stockade at the nearby Eureka diggings.
- How it affected society
- Before the 3rd of December there were 150 diggers in the Eureka Stockade when a force of 270 well armed soldiers and police attacked. The fierce battle lasted only 20 minutes and the diggers were defeated. 25 diggers and three troopers were killed with many injured.
- The diggers lost the battle at Eureka but they achieved many of their aims. Juries did not convict the 13 ringleaders who were tried for treason, finding instead that they had acted in self-defense. In 1855 the gold license was replaced by a miner's right to vote. Peter Lalor eventually became a member of the Victorian Parliament.
- The rebellion led to a fairer system with the license replaced by the cheaper Miners Right, giving miners the right to vote. It also captured the government's attention, and the attention of people all around Australia, and helped to create Australian Democracy. The miners may not have been aware of the impact of their actions, but years later many were able to participate in the democracy that they had helped create.
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