THE EUREKA STOCKADE - PART 2
a win through the system. On the recommendation of the Gold Fields Commission of Inquiry that resulted, the licence system was removed and the Commissioners were replaced by wardens. The diggers also won the right to elect their own representatives to the Legislative Councils of Victoria and New South Wales.
Today Peter Lalor and his companions are folk heroes in Australia and the Eureka Flag is seen by many as the "true" Australian Flag.
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