2004 $5 150th Anniversary Eureka Stockade PNC

The climax of several years of dissatisfaction on Victorian goldfields, the Eureka Stockade has become a symbol of democratic protest for the nation. Under the Southern Cross Flag, angry diggers swore an oath to stand and fight for their rights and liberties and proceeded to erect a defensive stockade. At dawn on Sunday 3 December, when most of the diggers were asleep, government troops attacked. About 30 diggers and five soldiers were killed.