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The number of people killed as the result of the [[Eureka Stockade]] is not known exactly. There is the possibility that some wounded diggers escaped to the bush and died alone. Other contemporary statements mention the death of a woman. | The number of people killed as the result of the [[Eureka Stockade]] is not known exactly. There is the possibility that some wounded diggers escaped to the bush and died alone. Other contemporary statements mention the death of a woman. | ||
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+ | THE EUREKA VICTIMS:- A request has been made to the Trustees of the Cemetery to have the bodies of those of the Eureka victims who were interred apart from the spot where the monument now stands, exhumed and removed to that part of the Cemetery. The request has been favorably received, and we believe the bodies - which are those of Captain Ross, Thonen, the Lemonade Seller, James Brown and "Tom the Blacksmith" will be removed very shortly and placed beside their fallen victims over whose remains the Eureka Monument now stands. <ref>''The Miner and Star'', 4 December 1857</ref> | ||
The following is a list of known deaths at the result of the [Eureka Stockade] battle. | The following is a list of known deaths at the result of the [Eureka Stockade] battle. |
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The number of people killed as the result of the Eureka Stockade is not known exactly. There is the possibility that some wounded diggers escaped to the bush and died alone. Other contemporary statements mention the death of a woman.
The Miner and Star newspaper also reported that bodies were exhumed and re-interred.
THE EUREKA VICTIMS:- A request has been made to the Trustees of the Cemetery to have the bodies of those of the Eureka victims who were interred apart from the spot where the monument now stands, exhumed and removed to that part of the Cemetery. The request has been favorably received, and we believe the bodies - which are those of Captain Ross, Thonen, the Lemonade Seller, James Brown and "Tom the Blacksmith" will be removed very shortly and placed beside their fallen victims over whose remains the Eureka Monument now stands. [1]
The following is a list of known deaths at the result of the [Eureka Stockade] battle.
Eureka Deaths
The following are known Eureka deaths.
Thomas Henfield[16]
A Portugese [25]
Wounded and Since Recovered
Also See
References
- ↑ The Miner and Star, 4 December 1857
- ↑ Dorothy Wickham, Deaths at Eureka, 1996, Captain J. W. Thomas, List of Casualties, 3 December 1854
- ↑ Dorothy Wickham, Deaths at Eureka, 1996, Peter Lalor's List, 1855
- ↑ Dorothy Wickham, Deaths at Eureka, 1996.
- ↑ Dorothy Wickham, Deaths at Eureka, 1996.
- ↑ Dorothy Wickham, Deaths at Eureka, 1996, Peter Lalor's List, 1855
- ↑ Dorothy Wickham, Deaths at Eureka, 1996, Ballarat Heritage Services, Eureka Reminiscences, 1998, Peter Lalor's List, 1855
- ↑ Dorothy Wickham, Deaths at Eureka, 1996, Peter Lalor's List, 1855
- ↑ Dorothy Wickham, Deaths at Eureka, 1996.
- ↑ Dorothy Wickham, Deaths at Eureka, 1996, Peter Lalor's List, 1855
- ↑ Dorothy Wickham, Deaths at Eureka, 1996, Ballarat Heritage Services, Eureka Reminiscences, 1998, Peter Lalor's List, 1855
- ↑ Dorothy Wickham, Deaths at Eureka, 1996, Peter Lalor's List, 1855
- ↑ Dorothy Wickham, Deaths at Eureka, 1996, Peter Lalor's List, 1855
- ↑ Dorothy Wickham, Deaths at Eureka, 1996.
- ↑ Dorothy Wickham, Deaths at Eureka, 1996, Peter Lalor's List, 1855
- ↑ Dorothy Wickham, Deaths at Eureka, 1996.
- ↑ Dorothy Wickham, Deaths at Eureka, 1996, Ballarat Heritage Services, Eureka Reminiscences, 1998, Peter Lalor's List, 1855
- ↑ Dorothy Wickham, Deaths at Eureka, 1996, Peter Lalor's List, 1855
- ↑ Dorothy Wickham, Deaths at Eureka, 1996.
- ↑ Dorothy Wickham, Deaths at Eureka, 1996, Peter Lalor's List, 1855
- ↑ Dorothy Wickham, Deaths at Eureka, 1996, Ballarat Heritage Services, Eureka Reminiscences, 1998, Peter Lalor's List, 1855
- ↑ Dorothy Wickham, Deaths at Eureka, 1996, Peter Lalor's List, 1855
- ↑ Dorothy Wickham, Deaths at Eureka, 1996, Peter Lalor's List, 1855
- ↑ Dorothy Wickham, Deaths at Eureka, 1996.
- ↑ Ballarat Heritage Services, Eureka Reminiscences, 1998
- ↑ Dorothy Wickham, Deaths at Eureka, 1996.
- ↑ Dorothy Wickham, Deaths at Eureka, 1996, Peter Lalor's List, 1855
- ↑ Dorothy Wickham, Deaths at Eureka, 1996.
- ↑ Dorothy Wickham, Deaths at Eureka, 1996, Peter Lalor's List, 1855
- ↑ Dorothy Wickham, Deaths at Eureka, 1996, Captain J. W. Thomas, List of Casualties, 3 December 1854
- ↑ Dorothy Wickham, Deaths at Eureka, 1996, Ballarat Heritage Services, Eureka Reminiscences, 1998, Peter Lalor's List, 1855
- ↑ Dorothy Wickham, Deaths at Eureka, 1996.
- ↑ Dorothy Wickham, Deaths at Eureka, 1996, Ballarat Heritage Services, Eureka Reminiscences, 1998, Peter Lalor's List, 1855
- ↑ Dorothy Wickham, Deaths at Eureka, 1996, Captain J. W. Thomas, List of Casualties, 3 December 1854
- ↑ Dorothy Wickham, Deaths at Eureka, 1996, Captain J. W. Thomas, List of Casualties, 3 December 1854
- ↑ Dorothy Wickham, Deaths at Eureka, 1996.