Eureka Stockade

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noun

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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Words nearby Eureka Stockade

Eurax, Eure, Eure-et-Loir, eureka, eureka moment, Eureka Stockade, eurhythmia, eurhythmic, eurhythmics, eurhythmy, Euripides

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Example sentences from the Web for Eureka Stockade

It was Korea, and I served three years—half of it in the stockade.
The Renegade: Robert Downey Sr. on His Classic Films, Son’s Battle with Drugs, and Bill Cosby|Marlow Stern|November 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That part of New York, lower Manhattan, dominated for 300 years, then all of a sudden the whole thing rises up—Eureka-like.
When New York City Hit Its Stride|Allen Barra|July 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Mayor Frank Jager of Eureka made that clear when he spoke at a press conference outside the church.
As 2014 Began, a Fateful Path to a Catholic Priest’s Murder|Michael Daly|January 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A dispatcher relayed instructions from a Eureka detective to the arresting deputies.
As 2014 Began, a Fateful Path to a Catholic Priest’s Murder|Michael Daly|January 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The chef behind hit Beverly Hills pop-up restaurant Eureka is Flynn McGarry.
Meet Flynn McGarry: America’s Next Great Chef Is 14 Years Old|Jace Lacob|May 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I lay against a corner of the stockade seat, listening to the wind whispering and to the ceaseless drip-drip of the trees.
Three More John Silence Stories|Algernon Blackwood
I returned alone to the stockade, and for a long time after that kept the fire blazing, and sat up smoking and thinking.
Three More John Silence Stories|Algernon Blackwood
"We should put a stockade of logs across the neck of land on that side," answered Champlain.
Gold-Seeking on the Dalton Trail|Arthur R. Thompson
A stockade half bars the river of Plouernel, and serves as a shelter for the barges of the seigneur.
The Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman|Eugne Sue
We had no form of shelter, and there was no stockade around the camp, only a guard and a dead-line.
Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War|Various

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