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How Did The Eureka Stockade Change Australia

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The miners in the Eureka Stockade fought as hard as they could to change the gold licences to be fair. The Eureka Stockade shaped Australians colony, because we wouldn’t have as much democracy today.

In the Eureka Stockade some of the key figures were John Humffray Basson, Peter Lalor, Timothy Hayes and Anastasia Hayes, with the miners. Robort Rede and Governer Hayes, with the Governor.

There were lots of people on the Government side. Though there were hardly any people on the miners side, so the miners were over powered by the Government.

After the Eureka Stockade there were lots of democracy with the Government and the miners. Though the Peter Lalor, John Humffray Basson and Timothy Hayes got to go to government and do a speech and debate. …show more content…

Of the 28 men killed in the Eureka Rebellion, 22 were diggers, in the Eureka Stockade all of the miners were innocent. That was a relief to the miners.

In conclusion the Eureka Stockade was the key in democracy and lots of the miners were known as a democrat. The eureka stockade changed Australia by how we live and fight to

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