What about Dec 3, the anniversary of the Eureka Stockade?
Lol Stuie, there was only one Aussie there if what I've heard is right.
Henry Ross, Canadian leader at the Eureka Stockade 3 December 1854, Ballarat, Victoria.
"Henry Ross led the Canadian Division at Ballarat's Eureka Stockade. He was known as 'Captain' (or, earlier as 'Lieutenant') Ross. Questions exist about the composition of the 'Divisions' formed by the dissident gold miners as they hurriedly 'trained' to meet British Regiments and Victoria Police. Some sources suggested the divisions were formed according to the weapons they possessed. But other sources stated the Divisions consisted of men drawn from various nationalities. The Independent California Rangers was a well-armed group of former Californian gold-miners, but 'Divisions' comprising Scandinavians, Canadians and other predominant nationalities on the Ballarat goldfields were said to have been put together in the days preceding the battle at the Stockade.
The fact that the miners elected a Commander-in-Chief, Peter Lalor, strongly suggests that a military-style chain of command then existed. One such leader was James McGill of the Independent Californian Rangers. Another was Henry Ross, a member of the Ballarat Reform League and a 'mate' of Raffaelo Carboni."
