The Eureka Stockade Flag was designed Captain Henry Ross. He was a Canadian member of the Ballarat Reform League. He was inspired by the Australian Federation Flag.
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This was called the Eureka Flag.
The Eureka flag was raised upon Bakery Hill, within the Eureka Stockade, where it flew during the battle. On the day after the Eureka Stockade, Ballarat Camp clerk S.D.S. Huyghye, describing the events of the stockade to a friend, wrote that "… the policeman who captured the flag exhibited it to the curious and allowed such as so desired to tear off small portions of its ragged end to preserve as souvenirs."
The Eureka flag hung above the Eureka Stockade, as a symbol of rebellion against the authorities and their unfair treatment of the miners.
cause it was hung to represent the stockade and ballarat
The stars on the Eureka Stockade Flag represent the Southern Cross. The southern cross represents a constellation of Stars only visible in the Southern Hemisphere. These stars were later incorporated into the Australian Flag.
The Eureka Stockade was built in 1854.
The Eureka Stockade occurred in 1854.
The Eureka stockade was a temporary stockade, not a town with any sort of population.
The Eureka flag is not used in any official capacity today. Occasionally, people may still fly the flag as a personal symbol of rebellion, but it has no official symbolism.
what was the key physical features of the eureka stockade
The Eureka Stockade occurred on 3 December 1854.
No, Peter Lalor was the leader of the Eureka Stockade.