miners fought a bloody battle against government soldiers at a flimsy makeshift fort, which came to be known as Eureka Stockade. The outmatched miners were quickly defeated — with at least 22 ...

Aunty Marlene Gilson says her people looked after some of the women and children when the battle of the Eureka Rebellion broke out in 1854. "It wasn't the miners that were bad to us - it was the ...