Eureka Stockade

The Eureka stockade was a battle between diggers and officers that occurred in 1854.

The stockade was a makeshift wooden barricade which enclosed around an acre of the goldfield. Inside this stockade around 500 diggers took an oath on the Southern Cross flag. Over the next two days they gathered firearms and forged picks to defend the stockade.

Early morning on Sunday the 3^rd of December the authorities made an attack on the stockade. The diggers were outnumbered and the battle was over within twenty minutes. Twenty-two diggers and five troops were killed in the battle. The leader Peter Lalor escaped the scene even though that his arm was badly injured (which then was later amputated)

The Southern Cross Flag was pulled down from the flagpole and was souvenired by the victors.