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Trooper Henry Goodenough ''saw Beattie offer himself as a volunteer at the meeting at [[Bakery Hill]], on Thursday, the 30th ult. He was drilled, then marched with the others to Eureka, and was drilled there that day and the next. On Sunday, the 3rd December, Beattie was arrested by him, at the [[London Hotel]], about one hundred yards from the stockade. Prisoner had no arms when drilled nor when arrested.''<ref>''The Argus'', 11 December 1854.</ref> | Trooper Henry Goodenough ''saw Beattie offer himself as a volunteer at the meeting at [[Bakery Hill]], on Thursday, the 30th ult. He was drilled, then marched with the others to Eureka, and was drilled there that day and the next. On Sunday, the 3rd December, Beattie was arrested by him, at the [[London Hotel]], about one hundred yards from the stockade. Prisoner had no arms when drilled nor when arrested.''<ref>''The Argus'', 11 December 1854.</ref> | ||
| − | :[[Patrick Reilly]], sergeant in the mounted 40th, saw Beattie on the Sunday morning standing with his back to the stockade and crying for mercy. Took him prisoner and brought him round to the rest of the prisoners. The firing had just ceased.<ref>''The Argus'', 11 December 1854. | + | :[[Patrick Reilly]], sergeant in the mounted 40th, saw Beattie on the Sunday morning standing with his back to the stockade and crying for mercy. Took him prisoner and brought him round to the rest of the prisoners. The firing had just ceased.<ref>''The Argus'', 11 December 1854.</ref> |
:William Rivel, of the mounted force of the 40th, saw Beattie come over the wall of the stockade, before the firing had quite ceased. After the soldier ceased firing, several shots were discharged at them from tents. Beattie had a large horse-pistol in his hand as he climbed the stockade. When he saw the troops without, he dropped the pistol inside the stockade, and either fell or dropped on his knees and cried for mercy, saying he "was beaten and would give in." <ref>''The Argus'', 11 December 1854. | :William Rivel, of the mounted force of the 40th, saw Beattie come over the wall of the stockade, before the firing had quite ceased. After the soldier ceased firing, several shots were discharged at them from tents. Beattie had a large horse-pistol in his hand as he climbed the stockade. When he saw the troops without, he dropped the pistol inside the stockade, and either fell or dropped on his knees and cried for mercy, saying he "was beaten and would give in." <ref>''The Argus'', 11 December 1854. | ||
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Background
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Post 1854 Experiences
James Beattie was tried for treason. A newspaper report described him as having rather a feeble and timid expression, and very unlike one's idea of a rebel..[1]
Trooper Henry Goodenough saw Beattie offer himself as a volunteer at the meeting at Bakery Hill, on Thursday, the 30th ult. He was drilled, then marched with the others to Eureka, and was drilled there that day and the next. On Sunday, the 3rd December, Beattie was arrested by him, at the London Hotel, about one hundred yards from the stockade. Prisoner had no arms when drilled nor when arrested.[2]
- Patrick Reilly, sergeant in the mounted 40th, saw Beattie on the Sunday morning standing with his back to the stockade and crying for mercy. Took him prisoner and brought him round to the rest of the prisoners. The firing had just ceased.[3]
- William Rivel, of the mounted force of the 40th, saw Beattie come over the wall of the stockade, before the firing had quite ceased. After the soldier ceased firing, several shots were discharged at them from tents. Beattie had a large horse-pistol in his hand as he climbed the stockade. When he saw the troops without, he dropped the pistol inside the stockade, and either fell or dropped on his knees and cried for mercy, saying he "was beaten and would give in." <ref>The Argus, 11 December 1854.
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
External links
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