The Eureka Stockade was overrun by government forces after a brief early morning siege that ended the short-lived armed uprising on 3 December 1854. Gold miner Peter Lalor became the de facto leader of the rebellion, as he had initiated the swearing of allegiance. Open rebellion broke out on November 29, 1854, as a crowd of some 10,000 swore allegiance to the Eureka Flag. The October 1854 murder of a gold miner, and the burning of a local hotel (which miners blamed on the government), ended the previously peaceful nature of the miners' dispute.
Miners began to organize and protest the taxes miners stopped paying the taxes en masse. Tensions began in 1851 with the introduction of a tax on the occupation of the gold fields. The miners had various grievances, chiefly the cost of mining permits and the officious way the system was enforced. There was a preceding period beginning in 1851 of peaceful demonstrations and civil disobedience on the Victorian goldfields. The fighting left at least 27 dead and many injured, most of the casualties being rebels. It culminated in the Battle of the Eureka Stockade, which took place on 3 December 1854 at Ballarat between the rebels and the colonial forces of Australia.
The Eureka Rebellion was a series of events involving gold miners who revolted against the British administration of the colony of Victoria, Australia during the Victorian gold rush.
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