Battle of the Eureka Stockade

Battle of the Eureka Stockade
	Part of the Eureka Rebellion
	; Eureka Stockade Riot by John Black Henderson (1854)
Date	3 December 1854
Location	Ballarat East (now Eureka), Ballarat, Victoria
Result	Miners' rebellion defeated by the Victorian colonial government
Belligerents
Colony of Victoria 12th Regiment; 40th Regiment; Victoria Police;	Stockade rebels
Commanders and leaders
Charles Hotham; Robert Rede; J. W. Thomas; Charles Pasley	Peter Lalor (WIA); Henry Ross (DOW)
Strength
276	120–230+
Casualties and losses
8+ dead (2 KIA); 11–30 wounded	22–60+ dead (14+ KIA); 12+ wounded; 120+ prisoners (including non combatants)

The Battle of the Eureka Stockade was fought in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, on 3 December 1854, between gold miners and the colonial forces of Australia. It was the culmination of the 1851–1854 Eureka Rebellion during the Victorian gold rush. The fighting resulted in at least 27 deaths and many injuries, the majority of casualties being rebels. The miners had various grievances, chiefly the cost of mining permits and the officious way the system was enforced.