Eureka Stockade

British  

noun

1. a violent incident in Ballarat, Australia, in 1854 between gold miners and the military, as a result of which the miners won their democratic rights in the state parliament

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Eureka Stockade

Grabbing timber from mine shafts and horse carts, they built a fort, the Eureka Stockade.

From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2023

Sly-grog sellers got also a little profit out of the Eureka Stockade.

From The Eureka Stockade by Raffaello Carboni

Hence, if I say that he helped with others to draw the chestnuts out of the Eureka Stockade, for some old Fox, I cannot offend him.—Who was the accursed old Fox?

From The Eureka Stockade by Raffaello Carboni

Most societies seem to have epic heroes and events that define them as they like to see themselves: Even a young society such as Australia has Ned Kelly, Eureka Stockade, and ANZAC.

From Bearslayer A free translation from the unrhymed Latvian into English heroic verse by Arthur Cropley

This, however, I assert as a matter of fact, that the Council of the Eureka Stockade never gave or hinted at any order to stop the usual work on the gold-field.

From The Eureka Stockade by Raffaello Carboni