Gold Rushes In Australia
By LOL Man
The Population
Population increased from 1851 to 1861 from 500462 to 3 168 082 people. England had the most migrants arrive in Australia during that time. There was a decrease in the number of people migrating from America because they had their own gold rush during that period of time.
Monday 20th December
After months of rising miners fees miners had enough and decided to rebel against the government. Hundreds of miners decided to rally and fight for the rights of all miners.
At approximately 4am 182 soldiers and 94 Police officers stormed the stockade. The battle was a bloody and furious and which lasted for only 15 minutes.
During the battle, miners shot police and threw rocks, broken carts and stakes trying to slow them down. Moments later, silence echoed across the field as the noise of the raging battle died down.