2004 $1 Eureka Stockade Silver Proof Coin

The Eureka Stockade, an uprising of gold miners at Ballarat, Victoria, is widely viewed as the most dramatic event experienced on Australian soil in the 19th century. This coin commemorates this moment. Eureka still fires the imagination of many Australians. They insist that it accelerated the rise of democracy; but on this question the debate is never ending.