Eureka Stockade
Across
- 4. Something the miners wanted more of.
- 6. The payment miners were required to make to search for gold.
- 10. The Australian colony where the Eureka Stockade took place.
- 13. The capital city of Victoria, where many political decisions affecting the goldfields were made.
- 16. A fort made from wooden posts where the miners gathered.
- 17. The valuable metal that attracted thousands of people to Victoria.
Down
- 1. A permit miners had to buy to search for gold.
- 2. Peter _______ became a leader of the miners.
- 3. An action taken to show disagreement with something considered unfair.
- 5. The people who searched for gold on the goldfields.
- 7. The miners raised the Southern Cross_______ at Eureka.
- 8. The miners wanted the right to have a greater say in government through this.
- 9. The Victorian goldfield where the Eureka Stockade occurred.
- 11. The authorities who enforced the mining licences.
- 12. An organised attempt to resist authority.
- 14. The name of the goldfield where the famous rebellion took place.
- 15. Soldiers sent to attack the Eureka Stockade.