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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Example Sentences

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

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2023

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 Carboni, Raffaello

The famous affair of the Eureka Stockade in 1854 is an interesting illustration.

From The Framework of Home Rule by Childers, Erskine

He said that he went out with the military on the morning of December 3rd, and was the first surgeon who entered the Eureka Stockade after the fight was over.

From The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned by Macfarlane, J.

It has fallen to my lot, however, to put the Eureka Stockade on record; and, from the following 'Joe' chapter must begin any proper history of that disgracefully memorable event.

From The Eureka Stockade by Carboni, Raffaello