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Events on Sunday 3 December 1854 1
1854Eureka Stockade uprisingGold miners clash with colonial troops in BallaratGold miners protesting licensing fees and lack of political representation built a stockade at Eureka near Ballarat and clashed with colonial police and soldiers. The brief but bloody uprising is widely seen as a formative episode in Australian democratic tradition.