Battle of the Eureka Stockade

Battle of the Eureka Stockade
Part of the Eureka Rebellion
Eureka Stockade Riot by John Black Henderson (1854)
Date 3 December 1854 Location Ballarat East (now Eureka), Ballarat, Victoria Result Miners' rebellion defeated by the Victorian colonial government
Belligerents
Colony of Victoria  British Army Victoria Police	Stockade rebels
Commanders and leaders
Charles Hotham Robert Rede J. W. Thomas Charles Pasley	Peter Lalor (WIA) Henry Ross (DOW)
Strength
276[1]	120–150+[1]
Casualties and losses
6+ dead (2 KIA)[1][2] 11–30 wounded[3]	22–60+ dead (14+ KIA)[4][5] 12+ wounded[4] 120+ prisoners (including non combatants)[1]

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Eureka Rebellion
Eureka Stockade Riot by John Black Henderson (1854)
Timeline Military leaders Siege
Origins Australian gold rushes Chartism Revolutions of 1848 Thomas Hiscock Victorian gold rush
Ideologies Chartism and the Eureka Rebellion Loyalism and the Eureka Rebellion Republicanism and the Eureka Rebellion White nationalism and the Eureka Rebellion
The Eureka Rebellion Anti-Gold Licence Association Ballarat Reform League Bendigo Petition Charles Doudiet Charles La Trobe Charles Pasley (engineer) Edward Thonen Eureka Flag Eureka Stockade (fortification) Forest Creek Monster Meeting Fredrick Vern Henry Ross James Scobie John Basson Humffray John King (police officer) List of colonial forces in the Eureka Rebellion List of Eureka Stockade defenders List of military leaders in the Eureka Rebellion Miner's licence Nationalities at the Eureka Stockade Peter Lalor Pikeman's dog Robert Nickle (British Army officer) Robert William Rede Captain Henry Christopher Wise Sir Charles Hotham Suffolk Regiment William Edward Atherden William Wright (Australian politician) 40th (the 2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot
High Treason trials Archibald Michie Butler Cole Aspinall Henry Samuel Chapman Henry Seekamp John Joseph (rebel) John Manning (journalist) Raffaello Carboni Sir Redmond Barry William à Beckett William Stawell 1855 Victorian High Treason trials
Legacy Australian nationalism Eureka Jack Mystery Eureka Rebellion in popular culture Eureka Stockade Memorial Park Eureka Stockade Monument Len Fox The Eureka Stockade (1855 novel) William Bramwell Withers
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The Battle of the Eureka Stockade was fought in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia on 3 December 1854, between gold miners and the colonial forces of Australia. It was the culmination of the 1851–1854 Eureka Rebellion during the Victorian gold rush. The fighting resulted in at least 27 deaths and many injuries, the majority of casualties being rebels. The miners had various grievances, chiefly the cost of mining permits and the officious way the system was enforced.