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Revision as of 14:14, 5 May 2014
Contents
Background
Robert Rede died in July 1904. [1]
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
In June 1854 Robert Rede became the Ballarat Gold Commissioner. [2]
On 30 November 1854 Robert Rede, Resident Gold Fields Commissioner at Ballarat, ordered a large scale 'digger hunt'. [3]
Post 1854 Experiences
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Obituary
- EUREKA VETERAN DEAD. News has been received of the death of Colonel Robert Rede, ex-sheriff and at one time a member of the police force. Deceased was a police commissioner at Ballaratt at the time of the Eureka riots.[4]
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
External links
http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/rede-robert-william-4457/text7263