The Eureka Flag &quot;...stand truly by each other and fight to defend our rights and liberties.&quot; The Eureka Flag was flown for the first time on Bakery Hill, Ballarat, Australia, as a symbol of the resistance of the gold miners during the Eureka Stockade rebellion in 1854. Beneath this flag, the miners swore this oath to the affirmation of his fellow demonstrators: &quot;We swear by the Southern Cross to stand truly by each other and fight to defend our rights and liberties.&quot;