Editing Eureka Rebellion (section)

==Location of Bakery Hill and the Eureka Stockade==
{{further|Eureka Stockade Memorial Park}}
In 1931, R. S. Reed claimed that "an old tree stump on the south side of Victoria Street, near Humffray Street, is the historic tree at which the pioneer diggers gathered in the days before the Eureka Stockade to discuss their grievances against the officialdom of the time".<ref name="stump">{{cite news |date=9 June 1931 |title=HISTORIC TREE STUMP: Where Eureka Stockaders Discussed Grievances |page=14 |work=[[The Herald (Melbourne)|The Herald]] |location=Melbourne |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/242948740 |access-date=14 December 2020 |via=[[Trove]]}}</ref> Reed called for the formation of a committee of citizens to "beautify the spot, and to preserve the tree stump" upon which Lalor addressed the assembled rebels during the oath swearing ceremony.<ref name="stump"/> It was also reported the stump "has been securely fenced in, and the enclosed area is to be planted with floriferous trees. The spot is adjacent to Eureka, which is famed alike for the stockade fight and for the fact that the [[Welcome Nugget]]. (sold for £10,500) was discovered in 1858 within a stone's throw of it".<ref>{{cite news |date=13 July 1931 |title=News of the Day |page=3 |work=[[The Courier (Narrabri)|North Western Courier]] |location=Narrabri |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/138423643 |access-date=17 November 2020 |via=[[Trove]]}}</ref>

A 2015 report commissioned by the [[City of Ballarat]] found that given documentary evidence and its elevation, the most likely location of the oath swearing ceremony is 29 St. Paul's Way, [[Bakery Hill]].<ref>{{Cite report |url=http://www.ballarat.vic.gov.au/media/3389037/final_r_beeston_-_heritage.pdf |title=Amendment C191 and Permit Application - Bakery Hill Ballarat - Expert Witness Statement - Heritage |author=RBA Architects + Conservation Consultants |date=September 2015 |publisher=City of Ballarat |id=PLP/2014/829 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180415090156/http://www.ballarat.vic.gov.au/media/3389037/final_r_beeston_-_heritage.pdf |archive-date=15 April 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> As of 2016, the area was a car park awaiting residential development.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wilson |first=Amber |date=1 May 2016 |title=Bakery Hill development gets green light |url=https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/3880680/bakery-hill-development-gets-green-light |website=The Courier}}</ref>

As the materials used by the rebels to fortify the Eureka lead were quickly removed and the landscape altered by mining, the exact location of the Eureka Stockade is unknown.{{sfn|Corfield|Wickham|Gervasoni|2004|p=190}} Various studies have been undertaken that have arrived at different conclusions. In 1994, Jack Harvey conducted an exhaustive survey and concluded that the Eureka Stockade Memorial is situated within the confines of the historical Eureka Stockade.{{sfn|Harvey|1994}}<ref>Harvey, J. T., 'Locating the Eureka Stockade: Use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in a Historiographical Research Context: Computers and the Humanities', Vol. 37, No. 2, May 2003.</ref>