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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> | ||
− | On Friday night the Camp Surgeon | + | It was reported that Dr Alfred Carr was struck by a bullet fired by a sentry, soon after the Eureka Affair. |
− | and Dr. A. Carr had a narrow escape | + | 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 medicine chest, which was open at the time. and passed close to the shoulder of Dr. Carr, who was reading in the hospital; 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> |
− | 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 | ||
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− | time. and passed close to the shoulder of | ||
− | Dr. Carr, who was reading in the | ||
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− | 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 09:38, 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]
It was reported that Dr Alfred Carr was struck by a bullet fired by a sentry, soon after the Eureka Affair. 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 medicine chest, which was open at the time. and passed close to the shoulder of Dr. Carr, who was reading in the hospital; 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.[3]
Post 1854 Experiences
Dr Carr was a witness examined during the report of the Board appointed to enquire into circumstances connected with the riot at Ballarat, and the burning of James Bentley's Eureka Hotel. [4]
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
- ↑ PROV, VPRS24/p, Box 24, Unit 23.
- ↑ Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
- ↑ Geelong Advertiser and Intelligencer, Tuesday 12 December 1854
- ↑ Report of the Board appointed to Enquire into Circumstances Connected with the Late Disturbance at Ballarat, John Ferres, Government Printer, Melbourne, 21 November 1854.
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