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A time of unrest on the Goldfields at Ballarat.

==In Victoria in the 1850s the introduction of a gold licence was extremely unpopular.The miners on the Goldfields were angry that they had to pay for a mining licence. However, this was not the only reason that fighting broke out at Ballarat, Victoria in 1854.==
 * Click on the link to watch the scenes and events that led to the battle between gold miners and authorities at the Eureka Stockade in 1854.
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Listen carefully to the sound effects at the beginning of the film and the narration during the film.
 * 1) How do you think the miners were feeling when they were addressed by Hotham?
 * 2) What can you learn about Hotham from watching the film clip?
 * 3) Do you think Hotham was right to take the action that he did? Why?

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The film describes how the Southern Cross flag was raised at Bakery Hill in Ballarat and how, in front of 500 people, Peter Lalor stepped forward to become the leader of the miners.

This film is different from the first two clips because it is a modern film, filmed with real actors.
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In the last film clip of the Eureka stockade you can really begin to see and feel the anger and frustrations of the diggers as the 'Traps' are **__'heavy handed' __** with the miners. //Bill Peach// tells the story of the diggers’ frustrations that led eventually to the Eureka Stockade. The police, called Traps, would **__'harry'__** the hard-working miners, demanding their mining licences and '**__menacing'__** them at every opportunity.

Look at the words in bold. What do they mean? These words give you an insight into how the traps behaved.

Imagine yourself as either a miner or a trap 1. How would you feel? 2. What sort of adjectives could you use to describe your feelings? 3. What do you think the miners should do to make things fairer?

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