Samuel Huyghue

Samuel Huyghue's Plan of Attack of the Eureka Stockade, 03 December 1854.

Background

Samuel Douglas Smith Huyghue was from Canada. He died on 24 July 1891 aged 76, and was buried at Boroondara Cemetery on 27 July 1891.

On 27 August Huyghue 1853 was appointed Clerk of the Office of Mines, Ballarat. He remained in that position until his retirement in 1878.

Goldfields Involvement, 1854

Samuel Huyghue was the storekeeper at the Government Camp. He drew the plan of attack on the Eureka Stockade.

Post 1854 Experiences

Samuel D.S. Huyghue, The site of the Eureka Stockade, 1855, pencil on paper.
Courtesy Art Gallery of Ballarat, purchased 2004.

Huyghue wrote a diary which was used for his reminiscences.

See also

Huyghue's Plan

Further Reading

Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.

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