After the successful uprising in 1855 at the Eureka Stockade revolution spilled over through Ballarat and down into Melbourne changing history forever. Image:Australia regions4.gif Image:Australia4 1900.gifBritish re-inforcements were sent to revive their dominance in the new colonies. They were successful in New South Wales but forced away by the defiant rebels of Melbourne. This situation led to a standoff across the Murray River and established a new independent state ironically called Victoria (even with the anti British sentiment). This new land inspired other settlements in 1857 out of the close clutches of the British soldiers to also flex their muscles and the island of Tasmania and the lands west of the Murray also declared their independence. The British for their part relaxed th