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Ballarat Heritage Services
jpeg, McIntyre Letter (digital copy), 01/2001
... eureka stockade... bentley riot ballarat vern eureka stockade Andrew McIntyre 8 jpeg ...Eureka battle was fought on 3 December 1854, with the soldiers attacking the miners on the Eureka Lead, Ballarat East. Before the actual battle there were skirmishes and unrest. McIntyre, the author of the letter was arrested after the burning of Bentley's Eureka Hotel.The letter is dated 29 March 1855, the location being Bakery Hill. It is a digital copy of a letter from McIntyre who was present at the burning of Bentley's Eureka Hotel. McIntyre was arrested with Fletcher. It is important that a digital copy of this letter is preserved, as it is one of the rare original letters of eyewitness accounts that have survived from the mid 1850s in Ballarat.8 jpeg files and one pdf file of the handwritten Andrew McIntyre letter. eureka, mcintyre, fletcher, eureka hotel, bentley, riot, ballarat, vern, eureka stockade, andrew mcintyre -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Colour, Bakery Hill Monster Meeting Commemorative Plaque, St Paul's Way, Ballarat East, 2015, 10/05/2015
... Eureka Stockade... Office goldfields Bakery Hill Monster Meeting Eureka Stockade ...A photograph of a plaque in the shape of a star, and a flagpole on Bakery Hill, commemorating the Bakery Hill Monster Meeting of 1854, when the Ballarat Reform League was launched. The plaque is in St Paul's Way, in close proximity to St Paul's Anglican Church.bakery hill, monster meeting, eureka stockade, plaque -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Photograph - Colour, Muskets Firing for Eureka Sunday, 2013
... Eureka Stockade... old cemetery eureka Commemoration British Army Eureka Stockade ...Colour photograph of re-enactors of the 40th regiment firing muskets at the Soldiers Graves at the Ballaarat Old Cemetery. eureka sunday, 40th regiment, muskets, ballaarat old cemetery, eureka commemoration, british army, eureka stockade -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Photograph - Colour, Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka, 2013, 03/07/2013
... Eureka Stockade Reserve... Stockade Reserve Eureka Centre Colour photograph of the Museum ...Colour photograph of the Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka (MADE)museum of australian democracy at eureka, eureka stockade reserve, eureka centre -
Numurkah & District Historical Society
Functional object - Card Case
... Eureka Stockade... leather case Edward Newman Eureka Stockade JP Rectangular black ...Belonged to Edward Newman JP, a chemist in Buninyong Victoria - the first set-up business in a tent near Eureka, Ballarat. Was present during the Stockade rebellion Rectangular black morocco leather case with pull-off lid. Inside, 4 white cards printed with Mr Edward Newmanname-cards, leather case, edward newman, eureka stockade, jp -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - RED RIBBON COLLECTION: DOCUMENT RED RIBBON MOVEMENT 1853
... Eureka Stockade Incident... Commissioner Wright Bendigo Art Gallery Bendigo Trades Hall Eureka ...Typed account of the Red Ribbon Movement of 1853. It mentions the resentment of the miners paying thirty shillings a month (whether they found gold or not) for a licence to dig for gold, why they started wearing a red ribbon, their banner with the pick, shovel and cradle representing labour, the scales representing justice, the Roman bundle of sticks meaning unity and the kangaroo and emu of Australia. They had a meeting and due to common sense on both sides a conflict was averted.event, red ribbon movement 1853, william dexter, derby china factory, la trobe, 40th regiment, george thomson, captain harrison, captain brown, dr jones, w d c denovan, commissioner panton, commissioner wright, bendigo art gallery, bendigo trades hall, eureka stockade incident -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Document, Riot at Ballaarat : report of the Board of Enquiry appointed to enquire into circumstances connected with the late disturbance at Ballaarat ; together with The evidence taken by the Board, 1854
... Eureka Stockade... important Government Reports of the period. Eureka Stockade Ballarat ...Parliamentary paper (Victoria. Parliament) ; 1854, A. no. 27. "Laid upon the Council table by the Colonial Secretary...and ordered to be printed 21st November, 1854." At head of title: 1854 Victoria. Chairman: Sturt, E.P.S. Cover title. No. 1 of 15 entitled : [Eureka Stockade : a series of 15 reports on the riot at Ballaarat.Melbourne : John Ferres, Govt. Printer, 1854 xv, 22 p. ; 35 cm.non-fictionParliamentary paper (Victoria. Parliament) ; 1854, A. no. 27. "Laid upon the Council table by the Colonial Secretary...and ordered to be printed 21st November, 1854." At head of title: 1854 Victoria. Chairman: Sturt, E.P.S. Cover title. No. 1 of 15 entitled : [Eureka Stockade : a series of 15 reports on the riot at Ballaarat. eureka stockade, ballarat, vic., 1854 -- history -- sources, gold mines and mining -- victoria -- ballarat -- history -- sources, ballarat (vic.) -- history -- sources, victoria -- history -- 1851-1891 -- sources -
Public Record Office Victoria
Court Record, 17 January 1855
... eureka stockade... supreme court eureka eureka stockade Eureka Stockade:Proceedings ...VA 475 Chief Secretary's DepartmentEureka Stockade:Proceedings of the Supreme Court in the matter of Queen v. Hayes and otherstrial, supreme court, eureka, eureka stockade -
Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group
Work on paper - Our Ballarat Heritage, James Oddie, Ballarat's founding Father. The News, April 20, 1983
... Eureka Stockade... of today. James Oddie witnessed the Eureka Stockade and played ...James Oddie is an archetypal example of the young men of British origin who came to the Ballarat diggings hoping to make their fortune during the Gold Rush and stayed on to establish the foundations of the regional centre that became the modern city of today.James Oddie witnessed the Eureka Stockade and played a significant role in the formative years of Ballarat's development.Part of a single newspaper sheet, folded, yellow with age.Nonechartists, eureka stockade, geelong, buninyong, doctor lang, foundry business, storeman, licences, estate agent, benefactor, ballarat benevolent asylum, rachel riding, female refuge, ballarat bank, mount pleasant observatory, electric light, trams, ballarat botanical gardens, railways, ballarat art gallery, john garner collection, gardens, ballarat -
Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group
Work on paper - Restored grave of city benefactor unveiled c2010, James Russell Thomson, c 2010
... Eureka Stockade... Benefactor Statues Eureka Stockade Grave Restoration Friends ...J.Russell Thomson made his fortune from gold mining and was one of Ballarat's great benefactors.While J.Russell Thomson left a generous bequest to be spent on statues in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens, it is claimed that he played an active role in the events of the Eureka Stockade.A narrow wide piece of newsprint with a coloured photograph with caption, left hand side, folded and dog-eared right hand side.None. Very likely cut out of the Ballarat Courier newspaper, c2010.doctor john garner, ballarat botanical gardens, gold mining, benefactor, statues, eureka stockade, grave restoration, friends of the ballarat botanical gardens, trustees, scottish miner., gardens, ballarat, thomson, courier, john garner collection -
Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group
Work on paper - James Russell Thomson 1818-1886, A Short Biography, 2/2010
... Eureka Stockade... John Garner Ballarat Botanic Gardens Statues Miner Eureka ...This summary of Thomson's life and work by Doctor John Garner is more comprehensive than other accounts. It contains information relating to his work as a miner and his character. J.R.Thomson played an important role in the nineteenth century history of Ballarat.2 pages. 1 and 1/4 printed and 1 copy.Signed p.2 JG 2/10doctor john garner, ballarat botanic gardens, statues, miner, eureka stockade, art gallery, thomson's grave, j.r. thomson's estate., ovens diggings, redan mines, d.gillies, thomas stoddart., john garner collection, gardens, ballarat, thomson -
Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group
Work on paper - The Ballarat Star. Three Reports, May 1886, J.R.Thomson, Death, Funeral and Will, May 27, 29, 1886
... Eureka Stockade.... Star Miner Eureka Stockade. Duncan Gillies Ballarat Art Gallery ...The Death, Funeral and Will reported in the Ballarat Star indicate the importance and high regard in which J.R. Thomson was held as one of Ballarat's pioneers. J.R. Thomson left a generous bequest for the purchase of Statues in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens.Three photocopies of Articles from the Ballarat Star. the first photocopy is a column in length and is headed "Death of Mr J.Russell Thomson.The second contains a paragraph half way down the page about the funeral, without a heading and the third, a paragraph, 2nd half of the page about the Will; no heading.p.1 written vertically down the page in pencil, the Star, May 27 1886, p.3 written in pencil in the 1st column, The Star, p.2, May 29.doctor john garner, j.r. thomson, ballarat botanical gardens, statues, ballarat star, miner, eureka stockade., duncan gillies, ballarat art gallery., ballarat club., benefactor, john garner collection, gardens, ballarat, banquet, thomson -
Hymettus Cottage & Garden
Postcard - Noel Counihan exhibition Moscow 1960 souvenir, Bakery Hill 1854
... Eureka Stockade... of the Eureka Stockade in 1954. As this depicts a painting of an event ...One of a series of postcards from an exhibition of works by Australian Social Realist artists held in Russia in 1960. This postcard is significant to Ballarat as it links to the linocuts Counihan and others produced to commemorate the centenary of the Eureka Stockade in 1954. As this depicts a painting of an event at Ballarat significant in its context to protest for social equality that would be understood by the soviet audience. A link between Australian socialist artists and the Russian political sensibilities of the time.Black and white image of Noel Counihan's painting of Bakery Hill Ballarateureka stockade, ballarat reform league, socialism, australian art, ballarat, russia -
Hymettus Cottage & Garden
Work on paper - Cartoon
... Eureka Stockade... goldfields Melbourne Punch Charles Hotham Eureka Stockade Ballarat ...melbourne punch, charles hotham, eureka stockade, ballarat, nicholas chevalier -
Hymettus Cottage & Garden
Work on paper - Book, The Affair at Eureka
... Eureka Stockade... goldfields Eureka Stockade Ballarat Nathan Spielvogel The Affair ...eureka stockade, ballarat, nathan spielvogel -
Hymettus Cottage & Garden
Booklet - Souvenir Booklet, Eureka Official Souvenir
... Eureka Stockade... goldfields Eureka Stockade Ballarat Eureka Centenary Souvenir Eureka ...non-fictioneureka stockade, ballarat, eureka centenary, souvenir, eureka improvement and progress association, peter lalor -
Hymettus Cottage & Garden
Work on paper - Newspaper, Recorder
... Eureka Stockade... goldfields Eureka Stockade Ballarat Labour History Recorder Work ...eureka stockade, ballarat, labour history -
Buninyong Visitor Information Centre
Document - License, Ballarat Historical Society, Gold License
... Eureka Stockade... Buninyong goldfields Eureka Stockade Peter Lalor Gold Mining Gold ...Reproduction of a gold license issued to Peter Lalor on 8 October 1853, No. 206 Published by the Ballarat Historical Society in the 1970s. Has historical notes on reverse side.eureka stockade, peter lalor, gold mining, gold rush, gold licences -
Hymettus Cottage & Garden
Work on paper - Book, Eureka and Beyond: Monty Miller his own story
... Eureka Stockade...Eureka Stockade Ballarat Monty Miller Eureka and Beyond ...non-fictioneureka stockade, ballarat, monty miller -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Photograph - Colour, Clare Gervasoni, Gravestone for William and Eliza Bell, 2018, 26/08/2018
... eureka stockade... william walton bell eliza bell eureka veteran eureka stockade ...Gravestone in the Creswick Old Cemetery for William and Eliza Bell.creswick cemetery, creswick old cemetery, william bell, william walton bell, eliza bell, eureka veteran, eureka stockade -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Photograph - Colour, Clare Gervasoni, Diggers' Memorial, Ballaarat Old Cemetery, 2013, 30/11/2013
... The Eureka Stockade took place at Eureka (Ballarat East... Office goldfields The Eureka Stockade took place at Eureka ...The Eureka Stockade took place at Eureka (Ballarat East) on 03 December 1854.Colour photographs of the Diggers Grave at the Ballaarat Old Cemetery. The Eureka Flag is fluingeureka diggers monument, ballaarat old cemetery, gravestone, memorial -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Document - Photocopy, Eureka Soldiers' Graves
... The Eureka Stockade was fought on the morning of 03... Office goldfields The Eureka Stockade was fought on the morning ...The Eureka Stockade was fought on the morning of 03 December 1854. Around 22 soldiers and diggers were killed as the result of the battle. Paper with printed wordsCorrespondence in cemetery files at Community Services Victoria re the disgraceful state of the soldiers' graves in the Ballaarat Old Cemetery. Dated 7.10.91 (1891)eureka graves, ballaarat old cemetery, ballarat old cemetery, miltary, soldier's graves -
Mont De Lancey
Diary, Letts’s Diary No. 10 1854
... Diary of Mr. Simon Blagdon 1854. Pages give story of Eureka... of Eureka Stockade and Crimean War, a note that Steamship arrives ...Diary of Mr. Simon Blagdon 1854. Pages give story of Eureka Stockade and Crimean War, a note that Steamship arrives with mail. Mr. Blagdon was a senior Postal official, who died 1893 in Hawthorn, Victoria. Brown diary with gold lettering on cover"Letts's Diary No 10. 1854"diaries -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph - Colour, Dorothy Wickham delivers the Eureka address at Collingwood
... 160 years Eureka Stockade anniaversary. "Carrying... Office goldfields 160 years Eureka Stockade anniaversary ...160 years Eureka Stockade anniaversary. "Carrying on the fight for a just, democratic and sovereign Australia" held Thursday 4 December 2014 at 6.00pm at The Eureka Hotel, corner of Victoria and Church Streets, Richmond, Melbourne. See poster. -
Federation University Historical Collection
Map, Municipality of Ballarat East, 1857
... of Ballarat East. It also shows the locality of the Eureka Stockade... shows the locality of the Eureka Stockade (1854) and the walking ...Gold was discovered in Ballarat in 1851. This plan was created six years later and names some of the great gold locations of Ballarat East. It also shows the locality of the Eureka Stockade (1854) and the walking tracks and roads on the Ballarat East Goldfield.In 2007 this map was listed on the inaugural Ballarat Treasure's Register.Large map backed onto linen. The map has read and blue highlights, and identifies areas such as Mount Pleasant, Golden Point, White Flat, Nightingale, Malekoff, Old Post Office Hill, Red streak, Gumtree Flat, Old Gravelpits, Bakery Hill, Ballaarat Flat, The Camp, Specimen Gully, Pennyweight Hill, Warrenheip Gully, Gays Gully, Pennyweight Flat, Eureka, Black Hill, Pinchgut, Crocodile, Hit or Miss, Little Bendigo, Brown Hill, Mopoke, Cricket Reserve, Canadian Hotel, Ballarat Eastmount pleasant, golden point, white flat, nightingale, malekoff, old post office hill, red streak, gumtree flat, old gravelpits, bakery hill, ballaarat flat, the camp, specimen gully, pennyweight hill, warrenheip gully, gays gully, pennyweight flat, eureka, black hill, pinchgut, crocodile, hit or miss, little bendigo, brown hill, mopoke, cricket reserve, canadian hotel, ballarat eastm phillips, john phillips, field draughtsman, ballarat east, ballarat east map -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, Herald Sun, Historic Ballarat is Victoria's Garden City, Apr. 1953
... of Victory, Alfred Hall, Eureka Stockade and Begonias. Record... Ballarat Street Views Alfred Hall Eureka Centre page of Melbourne ...Yields information and demonstrates Ballarat's development from a Melbourne newspaper viewpoint in 1953 and what it's view on the city was.Centre page of Melbourne Sun, pp15-18, 15/4/1953, photos of Sturt St. from Town Hall, looking east, Town Hall, Arch of Victory, Alfred Hall, Eureka Stockade and Begonias. Record updated and image added 21/9/2013.trams, tramways, ballarat, street views, alfred hall, eureka -
Federation University Historical Collection
Plan, Improvements on the Camp Reserve Ballarat, 1870, 26/4/1870 (exact); Traced by Henry [Mornes?], district surveyor, on the above date
... December 1854 to attack the Eureka Stockade. Much of the area... to attack the Eureka Stockade. Much of the area shown ...The Ballarat Camp house the Goldfields administrators. It was from this site that the troopers left on the morning of 3 December 1854 to attack the Eureka Stockade. Much of the area shown in on the west side of Camp Street is now used by the University of Ballarat Arts Academy.Hand-drawn plan on white linen showing the camp reserve in what is now known Ballarat's Camp Street. The plan shows allotments in an area bounded by Mair, Sturt and Lydiard Streets. The plan has colours indicating wooden buildings, stone buildings, brick buildings, Wood & zinc buildings, and wood & brick buildings.ballarat, camp street, horace walker, henry mornes, goldfields architecture, reserve for public, buildings, goldfields administration -
Clunes Museum
Pamphlet - EUREKA, WEEKLY TIMES
... THE 150TH ANNIVERSERY OF THE STRUGGLE AT THE EUREKA STOCKADE .2... AT THE EUREKA STOCKADE .2 WEEKLY TIMES NEWSPAPER, SOUVENIR EDITION 125 ....1 DARK BLUE SOFT COVER, EUREKA 150, A PROGRAM ABOUT THE 150TH ANNIVERSERY OF THE STRUGGLE AT THE EUREKA STOCKADE .2 WEEKLY TIMES NEWSPAPER, SOUVENIR EDITION 125 YEARS- FIRST PUBLISHED 11/09/1869. THIS EDITION PUBLISHED 07/09/1994, PRICE $ 1.1Othe weekly times, 125 years weekly times, eureka 150 -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklets, Ballarat Historical Society, Spievogel Papers, volumes 1,2, & 3
... of diggers killed at the Eureka Stockade to the old cemetery on 26... at the Eureka Stockade to the old cemetery on 26 November 1857. ballarat ...Nathan Spielvogel was a local historian. The Spielvogel Papers consist of the articles he prepared for a series of weekly talks on Radio 3BA in 1936 and 1937. According to Alex Barnett there is a reference in the Spielvogel Papers to the moving of the bodies of diggers killed at the Eureka Stockade to the old cemetery on 26 November 1857.3 soft covered books with text relating to the history of Ballarat. .1) yellow cover .2) blue cover .3) green cover .1) includes topics such as Gold discovery, Eureka, Main Road, Ballarat Fire Brigade, Ballarat Benevolent Home, Buninyong, Burke and Wills Monument, Chinese in Ballarat, Dana Street School, Ballarat Hospital, Lost Trades of Ballarat, Ballarat Military, Mount Pleasant, Old Colonists' Club, Phoenix Foundry, Ballarat Post Office, Railways, Ballarat School of Mines, South Street Society, Martin Hosking, Charles Curnow Phillips, James Sainsbury, and William Cross Yuille. .2) includes topics such as Ballarat streets, bowls, cricket, football, hotels, Little Bendigo, Lake Wendouree, Ballarat Quartz Mines, Sebastopol, Ballarat Turf Club, Ballarat Zoo, water supply. .3) includes topics such as the Kohinoor Nugget, Eureka, Black Hill, Sebastopol, oddietown, Joe the bellman, Trades Hall, Lal Lal Iron, Ballarat Library, Yuille Creek, Martin Hosking, Stonewall Jackson, steeplechase, Lemonade Paddock, Ivey's Flour Mill, Salvation Army, Stick Jaw Davey, Unicorn Hotel, doctors, Alfred Bells, Ballarat School of Mines Museum (War Museum), Joseph Orange, Ballarat East Post Office.ballarat, speilvogel, nathan spielvogel -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Work on paper - Document, Miners Rights, C 1860
... was a major cause of the Eureka Stockade and miners uprising of 1854... and the funds demanded of miners was a major cause of the Eureka ...Documents such as this Miner's rights holds an important place in Australia's mining history. The preceding documentation known as the Mining license and the funds demanded of miners was a major cause of the Eureka Stockade and miners uprising of 1854. This document was issued 6 years later at Maldon to a J Johnson. It is unknown if this person had a connection to Warrnambool.A link to an important part of Australia's history.Aged white paper document with black text and stylised section in the middle. Handwritten portion of the form is written in black ink.J Johnson Maldon 1860warrnambool, maldon 1860, miners right