Eureka Stockade

Eureka Stockade Timeline

1851

· June: Gold was discovered at Clunes near Ballarat.

· August: Gold was soon discovered at Ballarat.

· September: Gold license are introduced to the Ballarat goldfields.

1852

· August: Eureka lead is discovered.

1854

· May: Chief Rede takes charge of the Ballarat goldfields.

· October 9: Miner James Scobi was murdered outside the James Bentley’s Eureka Hotel.

· October 12: Bentley was found to be the murderer of James Scobi.

· November 11: The miners had met on Bakery hill, and had accepted the Ballarat Reform League’s Proposals for reform.

· November 28: The miners pulled an attack on the troop reinforcements, and the drummer boy is killed.

· November 28: The miners meet again at the Bakery hill and the Eureka flag is raised. Peter Lalor had led the meeting and all the miners then burnt their licenses.

· November 30 – December 1: The miners build a stockade at Eureka lead.

· December 3: Government send his forces to attack the Stockade.

· December 4: Dead miners and soldiers are buried in a pit.

· December 5: Martial law is established.

1855

· January 23: The miners’ trial on a charge of treason begins in Melbourne.

· March 27: The Royal Commission’s report is made. Miners’ rights and other important reforms are introduced.