<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 6 killed </Td> <Td> 22--60 killed (estimated) 12 + wounded 120 + captured </Td> </Tr> <P> The Eureka Rebellion was a rebellion in 1854, instigated by gold miners in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, who revolted against the colonial authority of the United Kingdom . The Battle of the Eureka Stockade, by which the rebellion is popularly known, was fought between miners and the colonial forces of Australia on 3 December 1854 at Eureka Lead and named for the stockade structure erected by miners during the conflict . The rebellion resulted in the deaths of at least 27 people, the majority of whom were rebels . </P> <P> The rebellion was the culmination of a period of civil disobedience in the Ballarat region during the Victorian gold rush with miners objecting to the expense of a miner's licence, taxation via the licence without representation, and the actions of the government, the police and military . The local rebellion grew from a Ballarat Reform League movement and culminated in the erection by the rebels of a crude battlement and a swift and deadly siege by colonial forces . </P>

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