John Bentley
Contents
Background
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Post 1854 Experiences
In the News
- RELIC OF EUREKA. - CAPTAIN WISE'S SWORD. - BALLARAT Thursday.
- Mr. H. Barnett, of Ballarat East, has presented to the Fine Art Gallery, the sword said to have been carried by Captain Wise, who led the military forces in the attack on the Eureka Stockade on the morning of Sunday, December 3, 1854, and who was fatally wounded during the progress of hostilities.
- It is stated that a digger saw the sword fall from Captain Wise's hand when he was wounded. This man secured the weapon and hid it. The sword was found by John Bentley, a digger, who died recently at Ballarat North. Before his death Bentley presented the sword on to Mr. Barnett, who has now passed it on to the trustees of the Art Gallery, where it will display alongside the tattered flag said to have been hoisted over the stockade by the diggers on the memorable occasion of the riots. [1]
See also
Further Reading
References
- ↑ The Argus, 22 December 1911.
External links
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--Clare K. Gervasoni (talk) 18:04, 9 May 2013 (EST)
