Feature History - Eureka Stockade
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Hello and welcome to Feature History, featuring the Eureka Stockade, the 15 minute battle they made us research for 3 years in school.
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Being from the states I find the frontier history of Australia really fascinating. It's one of the only other nations that shares some similarities with the wild west and frontier years of the US.
Reaganomics.
We didn't have a frontier grumbles. Unless you include the time although small it took to overcome the native Australia's 'aboriginals' it was nothing like a frontier. Australia was also nothing like the wild west LMAO. Sure we had outlaws but in newly formed towns/cities during that time period it's come to expect.
@@saberswordsmen1 Indeed, the wild west was more overblown by Hollywood. Though we did at least have the horrible bloodshed and insanity of the Reconstruction Era to put the 'Wild' in Wild West. Without the nonsense of the gold rush or reconstruction I could imagine Australia's frontier history being relatively tame. I just assumed since I knew so little there would be a whole bunch of cool shit with rebels and the British and drop bears...
Yes, but we also hate America bc we think their country is a mess lol. No offence m8.
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When Banjo Paterson wrote, "The flag the Australian dies to save is the flag of the Southern Cross", he was talking about the Eureka Flag.
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You should cover the rum rebellion to keep up with the Australian theme!
Very nicely presented. As someone who writes long form histories of Victoria (and is 'trying' to learn how to TH-cam), I'd like to add that the manhood suffrage Feature History mentioned means that Victoria was the first place in the world to give every man a vote. At the same time we were the first place in the world to introduce a completely secret ballot.
Man I haven't seen you around since the summer of 84
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Love Feature History, and Australian history to boot. You are pretty much the only person that does anything interesting about our home country. Also like that you don't exaggerate the Eureka Stockade as this great battle, and not what it was, which was really a big workers riot. In addition for who took the first shot, my father had the theory. Due to his time in the army (even though its most certainly from a different time) he came to the conclusion that the Soldiers did not shoot first since they just have to sit there and wait, while the Diggers had everything to lose.
Didn't realise how close we came to an Australian revolution!
I thought our country was just really peaceful.
The Brits started sending convicts to Australia after they lost Georgia where would they send them if the lost Australia? To New Zealand? To Canada? Think of the alternate history opportuniies.
The Kelly mob came close as well depending on who you believe .
A Victorian revolution. Was a separate colony then.
In 1919, Darwin had a revolution. Hundreds of men took up arms and demand that there should be no taxation without representation. The Australian government conceded and grant two seats each to represent the territories.
Ned Kelly alao became incredibly political by the end of his life, and on his corpse after the siege of Glen Rowan, a piece of paper that simply said "The Constitution of the Republic of North-East Victoria" was found, he was trying to begin a revolution and that was the draft for his new nation.
huh whats with the british and not knowing who shoot first
*laughs In Digger,Irish,Boston,Indian,African* etc.
Han shoots first
@@jnev5572 Indians and Africans? When were they there hahaha.
@@thewanderingeuropean3522 ... when were they in india? ever heard of gandhi?
Hey, the Americans do the same thing. Ever heard about Waco?
Do a video on the Chaco War. If you don’t know what that is, it was a bloody war between Bolivia and Paraguay in 1933-34. Not a lot of people know it even happened.
John C the Peru Ecuador war aswell
The war where paraguay killed off 60% of its own population or something
+Shövenpucker - No, that would be the War of the Triple Alliance, which was indeed a colossal loss for Paraguay and established Brazil and Argentina as the two powerhouses on the continent, to be joined by Chile after their decisive victory in the War of the Pacific. By the time the Chaco War happened, those three countries had just concluded a massive naval arms race, and were generally unassailable by other countries in the region, and as so many conflicts in Latin America have been since, the Chaco War was just a war over the loose scraps left behind: Incapable of recouping the territory they lost in earlier wars (the northern Pampas in Paraguay's case and sea access through the Atacama for Bolivia), the two countries fought each other over a largely worthless piece of land on their border that was still disputed.
And here I was hoping that would be the origin of the Chaco Taco. I'm sad now.
Nah this was standard oil vs the dutch oil company or something, both sides battle for a big ass forest with nothing but promises of gas, gas that never appeared.
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The Eureka Stockade is fascinating, and there are heaps of awesome stories from that time (1840-1870).
In around 1850 a gold nugget (the "welcome nugget") was found, weighing around 70 kg or 150 lb, this was one of many finds at the time, and really kicked off the rush. The largest one was found after Eureka in 1869, "welcome stranger" is a contender for the largest gold nugget ever found in the world at 78kg or 172 lb.
Dozens of ships were reportedly stuck in Melbourne as their crews abandoned them to go search for gold. Thousands of people were flooding into Victoria, but actually getting labour for your business was next to impossible. This pissed of the squatters, (rich early Australian land owners) who relied on cheap labour for their vast properties, they owned the political landscape, and wanted the diggers broken, and back at work.
In defense of the government, providing services for hundreds of thousands more people would have beggared a new colony even if those people were productive, but there was no revenue stream coming out of the goldfields, profits were private from the mine to the old continent. The goldfields were a black hole of money for the colony, which was galling considering how much reported value was being extracted.
Alot of the best of the Victorian population, men and women, were looking for gold, and immigrants were more or less self selecting for the strong willed, the enterprising and the bold. To put it mildly, this is not conducive to the govermental style of the British empire at that point in time. The local Australian police could not retain competent staff, and were forced to hire men otherwise incapable of mining for gold, many of those they got were vindictive or corrupt, and held grudges against the diggers. Eventually the redcoats were called in.
Bugger the British.
Dear Feature History Guy,
I would like to thank you for the videos you make. They have helped me immensely in school and on AP exams. For example, last year, I took AP Euro, and just because your video on it was so entertaining, I watched it at least ten times, while in class we barely went over it. Lo and behold, on the AP Exam, the DBQ was on the Thirty Years' War. It is because of your amusing, informative videos that I was able to get a 5 on that exam. Thank you so much, and keep making more great content!
Funny enough, I think the Thirty Years' War was one of his first eight videos, which he claimed were pure shit.
Wow nice video Feature History, can't wait to see more video like this :)
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Hehe same here lmao
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I remember learning about the Eureka Stockade in my World History class but had forgotten all about it until now.
Great Wolf omg I’m doing it now pretty annoying tho:(
I loved it! More Australia would be awesome, or other mini 'revolutions'
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@@brodievause1133 we had convict rebellions and also and Irish republican rebellion on Castle Hill
Proud to have another person from my own state here on TH-cam. This event was actually pretty big in the early days of the state so thanks for showing it to me, a Victorian
It is comparable to the rebellions of 1837-1838 in Canada which really helped to form an early Canadian identity. Although failures, they helped push Britain to allow for responsible government and political reform. Unlike in Australia many Canadian rebels were indeed prosecuted. Ironically 100 Canadian rebels were sent to Australian prison colonies. It is unlikely, but I wonder if any Canadian prisoners in Australia would have supported the Eureka Rebellion less than 20 years later.
They would of, including many American veterans from the revolutionary war. The many revolts made the British Empire very nervous as they didn't want to deal with another civil war on any of thier colonies, it helped the fondation of the commonwealth nations today.
British:That was a close one lads,let’s hope that nothing hopes to threaten our rule over Australia
Ned Kelly:Hold my beer.
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2:30 DO YA HAVE A MOINING LOICENCE M8?
'ERES ME LOICENCE, LAD, HAV A BLOODY GANDA ADDIT
@Bryan Ouellet You mean yeaughnaa
Y’all gotta stop mocking Australians, it’s actually not how we talk and quite disrespectful
@@charliebear7436 oi m8 wheres ya mocking loicence
Nah yeah nah
So an Australian version of the California gold rush and Nevada silver rush?
there was an Australian prospector in California who noted that California had similar terrain to parts of Australia, and he guessed gold could be in those places, he was right and it resulted in the gold rush in this video. also 200 California rangers rode out to intercept the troops coming to attack the stockade but missed them and the troops took the stockade
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Fascinating
also you might be thinking wait 200 guys in a stockade doesnt seem to be that big of a thing in a state of over 500,000 people. in their writings and speeches they fatally said one phrase which the government was acutely aware of ‘Taxation without representation is tyranny.’ immediate response.
But better
Sasop 22 No, more like deadlier
Growing up in Ballarat we learnt way too much about all this, every year for almost a decade we would be taken to Sovereign Hill and the Museum Of Australian Democracy At Eureka to learn something "new" about it. This video however was one of the best things I have seen on the subject, and reminded me, beyond the constant learning about it, about what I loved about my towns history.
This comment is so old but a fellow Ballaratian! Yeah we learnt all about it
History repeating its self in a sense amongst victoria
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I live Just down the road from where the eureka stockade went down, so much history in ballarat
Brilliant video, can’t believe I’m only just watching this now! Thank you for helping me understand my identity as an Australian citizen.
I forgot I was a subscriber to this channel
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Very important for Aussies to remember this... right now!
Our country is under tyrannical rule.....
Agreed, we may see a resurgence in this flag in 2021
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And I love our history
Thank you for covering some true blue Aussie history mate.
Always one of my favorite topics in Australian history.
If you want something like this go to sovereign hill in Victoria, Ballarat. I went there for school camp and the real story is amazing!
Victoria always has good story’s.
I was going to go there this year, but it was cancelled because of Covid-19
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Big ups from the boys in Queensland. Great video and good to see some aussie history on the channel.
Man I’m surprised to see Australian history for once that isn’t a meme
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fuckyshityfuckshit Exactly what I was thinking when I heard him say Bendigo lol
Really interesting to know about the Eureka flag. Never knew its origin. Thanks. More Aussie history videos please! Some Kiwi ones might be good too. Sure our brothers across the ditch would enjoy those too.
Learning something i never heard about. Cool ;)
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In true Aussie fashion undone by a hard Saturday night...
How could Australians mine upside down? Everything would fall on them.
We use a net above us
Cyclops From TH-cam wouldn’t you your nets break from the pickaxes though
How do Americans work upside down?
I am offended
only a little
I live in Australia. We're learning about this in class. Good job on making this fun and easy to understand. Keep it up!! :)
I remember being bored out of my mind learning about this in grade 5. I really regret not paying attention I missed some interesting stuff.
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Aussie history, a rare, yet great sight to see
Since you asked - love videos about Australian history. If TH-cam had existed when we were in primary school maybe I’d have loved it then too
Fuck yeah. Was wondering when my favourite history channel was gonna up,lad another video.
Coo-e mate. Coo-e
thats the cleanest aussie accent. you should do battle of gallipoli my aussie brother
Thanks, this made school easier
About time we got a new video.
Another key player in the Stokade was "Long Legged" Vern. On the day that the miners swore the oath, he managed to convince a large majority of the rebels to burn their licences, resulting in hundreds of arrests. Sources within the Stokade claim that he didnt burn his own. When the troops attacked, he ran off into the bush, and was never seen again.
Currently Studying for my humanities Test in year 9. :)
Glad to see your simple style for the videos back. Missed them.
Thank you I loved this!! Could we have more vic or Melbourne history? Also hi from Fitzroy north 😊🌿
4th Generation Ballarat born here. Come visit Ballarat, it's a lovely little city with a bog history.
Oh, you're talking about Northern California for once? That's great! We so often get overshadowed by San Francisco and Los... oh, you're talking about the gold rush in AUSTRALIA, then? Okay, then, never mind...
as an Orange County native I feel. LA smog treads on us
Australias gold rush was more inevative and interesting, just saying
@@Hearthian I mean, I recommend looking up John Sutter and other California founders. They have a variety of very interesting stories.
Also, Californians can spell "innovative."
@@trygveplaustrum4634 lmao probably should have proof read before talking shit. I shall look into it
@@Hearthian And I'll look in to the Australian gold rush some more!
No, but seriously, there's a squad of Hawaiians and Swiss roaming around the Sacramento Valley keeping the peace. It's weird.
OMG FEATURE HISTORY LIVES IN MY STATE!!!!
0:39 i broke down laughing
“Crack open a VB or for the students i dont know a Pop Top”
I love the Flag. It’s the best flag of an Independent Australia.
Pity how so many people who use that flag now days are anti union bourgoise boot lickers..
Can you do the Jackobite rebellions and taming of the highlands
'Taming'.
*depopulation of the Highlands.
Was grand tbh
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Makes sense
"Taming" of the highlands . . . more like the betrayal and dastardly murder on the highlands.
Do the New Zealand wars-
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The NZ wars? Is that when the British overpowered the Maori?
@@tdb7992, there's a reason NZ has a treaty with the Maoris.
Sorry... what’s wars was that again?
Oi Bruv, ya got ya miners loicence?
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Sleepy Valerie Hey dont “-_-“ me it was funny a year ago or whenever I commented it
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That transition to the promotional part at the end, smooth move
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Was this taught in Australian classes? Just realized how little i know about Australian history (other than Capt. Cook...)
I remember getting taught it.
Yeah... but I'm from Ballarat so that may help
HUZAAAA fully animated video again. loving it.
"The Queen's forces approached the stockade at 3:00 am on December 3rd" I don't need to know anything else. You wake me up at 3 am in December and shots will surely be fired.
Looking forward to your 5 second video on SA history.
Great to see a new video and about Australia. As a North American I've studies more about Australian history than most, which doesn't say much more than I know that Australia was not just a penal colony (history education standards are dismal). All joking aside though I have read some stuff about this incident and am always glad to hear more especially from those more directly connected. Can't wait for your crossovers with the new WW2 channel.
Nice to see a video about Australian history that isn’t about the emu war
At about this time we introduced the secret ballot. It's our gift to the world. As is Aussie Rules.
Makes me proud to be an Australian
Another great story about Australia and Australians. I as an American love Australia, keep up the great work and great videos.
Thanks dude, this channel is great, love all the videos you make.
You should do one on the New Zealand Wars.
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Very proud of the fact that John Joseph Hynes from Burren, County Clare, the first gold miner killed at Eureka, was my first cousin 4 x removed
Do one about the lebanese civil war of 1975
Aussie content? You’re an absolute fucking legend
You should do the first italo-ethiopian war next.
Creepershark77 which one?
I would love to see an episode around the Rhodesian bushwar
I remember going to sovereign hill and watching a shows there about the eureka stockade bloody good place sovereign hill is quite fun
Do a video about the Castle Hill Rebellion, it’s very interesting! And Australian!
Seiryu yes! Fenians in Australia!
Awesome video on Australian history, I love it. I'm not Australian but I feel a kinship, you should do a video on the Pemmican War in which my 5th great-grandfather was a Lieutenant. Love your videos bro.
I LOVE tales of the Aussie frontier. I went to Ballerat once and saw the Eureka flag. Most Aussies I met had never heard of the Eureka stockade.
I know! This really annoys me. I remember I got super into the Stokade in year 3, and I knew more about it than most adults did. In fact, the Eureka was what got me into history.
@@Hearthian Same
@@Hearthian grew up in Ballarat, weird to think ppl in other states have never heard of the stockade
It's weird how little the Eureka stockade is covered in school. For such a moment in our history that caused so much change it's often not even explored very deeply if even touched at all. I never had it spoken about in a single class that I can remember.
Australian history in general is very underrepresented in our schools, we need a middle ground between your experience and mine, I grew up in Ballarat and we learned about the Eureka Stockade and the gold rush and every little detail practically every year. Along with that, we would contantly be taken to Sovereign Hill and the Museum Of Australian Democracy At Eureka to the point that it took me almost a decade and a half to even consider going back there, as we were just overwhelmed.
Ok, I think perspective is important here. Mainly because your average person outside current or former British Empire, plus Americans, have trouble with imagining things with this.
So, simplest part first, 20 shillings to the pound, and it's called pound sterling because it was pegged to a weight in silver (if I need to explain the weight in question, I refer you to Bill Engvall.) So 30 shillings to 3 pounds is a doubling.
Now the complicated part. It's hard to peg how much that really was in today's money, because of the massive difference in what things cost how much at the time. But 1 pound in 1850 is about 135 pounds in 2020, so 3 pounds then is over 500 USD today. But that is still weird to think about in part because of massive class differences at the time. Metropolitan Police in London started with a 16 shilling weekly salary, while the miners were paying license fees of 30 a month (almost half the monthly salary.) And again, at the time, "pennies a day" was very literal single-digits of pennies earned each day for the lower classes (and 12 pennies to the shilling). To give a clearer picture, although the farthing (quarter of a penny) survived until 1961, at that time in parts of the empire, the quarter farthing was being minted because people needed it for purchases.
Should help a little with the imagineering there.
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Or the Empire of the platypus
I wonder what might have happened if the rebellion at Eureka had spread across Australia, leading to an Australian Revolution of sorts.
The Eureka Stockade, the rebellion that was crushed, and everyone acquitted, and then the rebels got everything they wanted. Funny how that worked out.
Nice, another video.
Great to here more about my states history
Badabing! Hope you're well, FH! Good to hear from you.
My man I have been here for so long and your videos just keep getting better and better. I have to ask what do you use to make your videos?
Keep up the good work its nice to see your channel grow
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That was brilliant! Excellently done video, Keep up the goods!!
FYI Ballarat was originally written Ballaarat at the time and was later changed.
I really liked this video! I would welcome more non-war related videos, as I’m sure they will be high quality like the rest of your channel.
Great Vid. Had never heard of this before. When will we see a video on the Crimean War?
Hello from Australia well hello from Victoria
Gotta start off with some good old NSW bashing 😉
Can you do something about Romania from World War II if not then something about the Dutch Colonisation of South Africa, Belgium Colonisation of Congo or How Namibia was Colonised by Germany.
This was fascinating
I have Learned a lot about this in history