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[[Martha Clendinning]], claimed to have piece of [[Eureka Flag]] given to her by Dr [[Alfred Carr]].<ref>Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., ''Eureka Research Directory'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.</ref> | [[Martha Clendinning]], claimed to have piece of [[Eureka Flag]] given to her by Dr [[Alfred Carr]].<ref>Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., ''Eureka Research Directory'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.</ref> | ||
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+ | On Friday night the Camp Surgeon | ||
+ | and Dr. A. Carr had a narrow escape | ||
+ | from being shot ; owing to some blunder, | ||
+ | while the former gentleman was going | ||
+ | into the Hospital he was fired on by | ||
+ | one of the sentries. How this happened | ||
+ | I do not know; the ball barely missed | ||
+ | him, went through the wooden wall of | ||
+ | the hospital, through the lid of the me | ||
+ | dicine chest, which was open at the | ||
+ | time. and passed close to the shoulder of | ||
+ | Dr. Carr, who was reading in the hospi | ||
+ | tal; some. splinters from the lid of the | ||
+ | chest struck Dr. Carr on the side. | ||
+ | The "Criterion" conveyance brought | ||
+ | up the papers, on Saturday, under six | ||
+ | hours; some of them were delivered | ||
+ | before half-past Twelve.<ref>Geelong Advertiser and Intelligencer, Tuesday 12 December 1854<ref/> | ||
==Post 1854 Experiences== | ==Post 1854 Experiences== |
Revision as of 09:34, 1 September 2014
Contents
Background
Dr Alfred Carr arrived in Australia on the Araminta arriving in Geelong on 04 October 1852. He qualified as a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1842.
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Dr Alfred Carr was a witness at the Inquest into the death of William Hardie on 04 December 1854.[1]
Martha Clendinning, claimed to have piece of Eureka Flag given to her by Dr Alfred Carr.[2]
On Friday night the Camp Surgeon
and Dr. A. Carr had a narrow escape
from being shot ; owing to some blunder,
while the former gentleman was going
into the Hospital he was fired on by
one of the sentries. How this happened
I do not know; the ball barely missed
him, went through the wooden wall of
the hospital, through the lid of the me
dicine chest, which was open at the
time. and passed close to the shoulder of
Dr. Carr, who was reading in the hospi
tal; some. splinters from the lid of the
chest struck Dr. Carr on the side.
The "Criterion" conveyance brought
up the papers, on Saturday, under six
hours; some of them were delivered
before half-past Twelve.Cite error: Closing </ref>
missing for <ref>
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See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
External links