Eureka Stockade Location: Bakery Hill, Ballarat, VIC Involvement: Roughly 500 miners, police/military (undefined number) Date: 3 December 1854 Causes: Civil unrest, premeditated invasion The Eureka Stockade was an Australian rebellion occurring in Ballarat in 1854. The gold miners of the Australian gold rush formed an uprising because of the unfair rules and laws against them and a severe lack of rights to the land they worked on. They were also required to purchase and carry a mining licence (issued by the government at the time) at all times and if it was not presented to the authorities on request or if the extremely expensive tax on the licence was not paid, they could be charged with a fine or even jail time. In November of 1854,