Which country did the Eureka Rebellion, an 1856 battle against colonial rule, take place in?

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Australia. The Eureka Rebellion (Eureka Stockade) erupted in Ballarat, Victoria, during the gold rush in the mid-1850s (notably 1854). Miners protested harsh gold license fees and the lack of political representation under British colonial authority. They built a stockade and raised the Southern Cross flag before being overrun by colonial troops.

Though quickly suppressed, the uprising sparked major reforms: the hated license was replaced by a miner’s right, political prisoners were freed, and broader male suffrage and the secret “Australian ballot” followed. To remember it: “Eureka” means “I’ve found it!”—a gold-rush cry—so think goldfields, Southern Cross flag, and the birth of Australian democracy.