
Deposition, 30 November 1854
Other items from this collection
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Public Record Office Victoria
Document (item) - The 'Monster' Women’s Suffrage Petition
It took just six weeks in the spring of 1891 to collect nearly 30,000 signatures on the ‘Monster Petition’ for women’s suffrage. Dedicated suffragists collected an average of 5,000 signatures a week (over 700 per day) before the petition was presented to the Victorian Parliament in September 1891. The six-week drive proved the determination of the suffragists, and was one of first major steps along the road to 1908 and the achievement of women’s franchise. Now a prized possession of the State of Victoria, the petition itself was truly a ‘monster’, running 20 centimetres across and 260 metres in length. Several men were required to carry it into Parliament. Its sheer size and unique shape make it a marvel; a stack of paper with an equal number of signatures would not be nearly as impressive as the huge, winding roll presented to Premier James Munro. Quoted from the article ‘The “Monster Petition” and the Women of Davis Street’ by Brienne Callahan, in Provenance: The Journal of Public Record Office Victoria, issue no. 7.
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Public Record Office Victoria
Legal record (item) - Criminal Trial Brief for Harry Bruin and Benjamin Morris
This collection of approximately 20 letters between Melbourne men Ben Morris and Harry Bruin, covering a period of several months in 1919, consists of original letters handwritten by Morris and carbon copies of Bruin’s replies. Love letters between men from this period are extremely rare in an Australian context, and globally. They were seized by police from Bruin’s home in Harcourt Street, Auburn in October 1919. The police were investigating a report that Bruin and Morris were conducting an intimate affair. The relationship came to light when the mother of one of Morris’ friends, having failed in her attempt to blackmail Bruin, went to the police. Blackmail was an ever-present danger to homosexual men at that time. Homosexual sex was against the law and even gossip alone could ruin reputations, careers and social standing. In refusing the demands of his attempted blackmailer, Bruin took an enormous risk. However, Morris and Bruin were lucky that their letters contained no descriptions of sex acts. It was not illegal to express love for a person of the same sex and when the matter came before the court, the police had no choice but to let the matter drop without laying charges. Letters like these are rare as potentially incriminating correspondence between men was usually destroyed by the writers or the recipients, to prevent it falling into the hands of the authorities, blackmailers, or disapproving third parties. These letters survived only because they were seized by the authorities for the purpose of prosecution. Morris and Bruin’s letters are also important because, together with the statements taken from the two men and others involved in the case by police prosecutors, they provide insight into the development of the liaison over an extended period. The emotional letters provide rare evidence of a deep romantic affection between two men in their own words. Quoted from "A History of LGBTIQ+ Victoria in 100 Places and Objects" by Graham Willett, Angela Bailey, Timothy W. Jones and Sarah Rood.
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Public Record Office Victoria
Transcript, 19 January 1855
The Argus
Eureka Stockade:The Trial of Arthur Akehurst
trial
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Public Record Office Victoria
Poster, 1854
VA 2825 Attorney-General's Department (previously known as the Law Department)
Eureka Stockade:Bakery Hill Meeting Poster
trial, bakery hill
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Public Record Office Victoria
Letter, 1 December 1854
VA 856 Colonial Secretary's Office
Eureka Stockade:Hotham's reply to Rede's report 30th November
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Public Record Office Victoria
Deposition, 16 January 1855
VA 2825 Attorney-General's Department (previously known as the Law Department)
Eureka Stockade:Depositions VPRS 5527/P Unit 2, Item 9
trial
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Public Record Office Victoria
Deposition, 26 January 1855
VA 2825 Attorney-General's Department (previously known as the Law Department)
Eureka Stockade:Depositions VPRS 5527/P Unit 2, Item 8
trial, circus
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Public Record Office Victoria
Brief for the Prosecution, 1854
VA 2825 Attorney-General's Department (previously known as the Law Department)
Eureka Stockade:Brief for the Prosecution, Case no.16, Criminal Sessions Melbourne
trial
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Public Record Office Victoria
Deposition, 1855
VA 2825 Attorney-General\'s Department (previously known as the Law Department)
Eureka Stockade:Summary of the Trials of the thirteen Eureka prisoners charged with high treason
trial
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Public Record Office Victoria
Letter, 4 October 1855
The Argus
Eureka Stockade:Peter Lalor's Narrative
charles hotham, peter lalor
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Public Record Office Victoria
Petition, 1855
VA 856 Colonial Secretary's Office
Eureka Stockade:Petition to Lieutenant-Governor Hotham from concerned citizens of Melbourne 1855
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Public Record Office Victoria
Letter, 30 November 1854
VA 466 Governor (including Lieutenant Governor 1851-1855 and Governor's Office)
Eureka Stockade:Letter from Patrick Smyth to Hotham requesting temporary suspension of licence fee to avoid bloodshed
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Public Record Office Victoria
Deposition, 30 November 1854
VA 2825 Attorney-General's Department (previously known as the Law Department)
Eureka Stockade:Depositions taken against William Bryan for Breach of the Peace charge/Gravel Pits Riot
trial
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Public Record Office Victoria
Court Record, 17 January 1855
VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department
Eureka Stockade:Proceedings of the Supreme Court in the matter of Queen v. Hayes and others
trial, supreme court, eureka, eureka stockade
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Public Record Office Victoria
Resolution, 13 March 1855
VA 466 Governor (including Lieutenant Governor 1851-1855 and Governor's Office)
Eureka Stockade:Bendigo Reform League call for the abandonment of the State Trial
trial, robert benson
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Public Record Office Victoria
Letter, 22 October 1854
VA 856 Colonial Secretary's Office
Eureka Stockade:Commissioner Rede reports arrest of 2 men concerned in the latest outrage
trial
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Public Record Office Victoria
Report, 2 December 1854
VA 856 Colonial Secretary's Office
Eureka Stockade:Resident Commsisioner Rede’s description of the stockade (written on the day before the attack)
robert rede, attack
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Public Record Office Victoria
Deposition, 30 November 1854
VA 2825 Attorney-General's Department (previously known as the Law Department)
Eureka Stockade:Depositions taken against Donald Campbell for Breach of the Peace charge/Gravel Pits Riot
trial
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Public Record Office Victoria
Deposition, 21 October 1854
VA 2825 Attorney-General's Department (previously known as the Law Department)
Eureka Stockade:Depositions taken against Andrew McIntyre for Rioting at Bentley's Hotel
trial
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Public Record Office Victoria
Deposition, 27 October 1854
VA 2825 Attorney-General's Department (previously known as the Law Department)
Eureka Stockade:Depositions taken against Henry Westerby for Rioting at Bentley's Hotel
trial
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Public Record Office Victoria
Deposition, 9 December 1854
VA 2825 Attorney-General's Department (previously known as the Law Department)
Eureka Stockade:Depositions VPRS 5527/P Unit 2, Item 7
trial
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Public Record Office Victoria
Deposition, 27 October 1854
VA 2825 Attorney-General's Department (previously known as the Law Department)
Eureka Stockade:Depositions taken against Albert Hurd for Rioting at Bentley's Hotel
trial
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Public Record Office Victoria
Deposition, 8 December 1854
VA 2825 Attorney-General's Department (previously known as the Law Department)
Eureka Stockade:Depositions VPRS 5527/P Unit 2, Item 4
trial
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Public Record Office Victoria
Deposition, 8 December 1854
VA 2825 Attorney-General's Department (previously known as the Law Department)
Eureka Stockade:Depositions VPRS 5527/P Unit 2, Item 3
trial
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Public Record Office Victoria
Deposition, 30 November 1854
VA 283 Attorney-General's Department (previously known as the Law Department)
Eureka Stockade:Depositions taken against Benjamin Ewins for Breach of the Peace charge/Gravel Pits Riot
trial
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Public Record Office Victoria
Deposition, 8 December 1854
VA 2825 Attorney-General's Department (previously known as the Law Department)
Eureka Stockade:Depositions VPRS 5527/P Unit 2, Item 2
trial
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Public Record Office Victoria
Deposition, 1854,14 April 1858
VA 2825 Attorney-General's Department (previously known as the Law Department)
Eureka Stockade:Additional Depositions
trial, goldfields, depositions, eureka, gold, mining, miners, gold rush, james scobie, john farrell, michael welsh
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Public Record Office Victoria
Letter, 12 August 1854
VA 466 Governor (including Lieutenant Governor 1851-1855 and Governor's Office)
Eureka Stockade:J.W Lindsay forwards some suggestions to the Governor
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Public Record Office Victoria
Deposition, 7 October 1854
VA 2825 Attorney-General's Department (previously known as the Law Department)
Eureka Stockade:Depositions from Scobie Murder
inquisition, james scobie, james bentley, d.s williamson, walter anderson, john gillott, hugh meikle, henry green, john campbell, duncan henderson, david richards, john haig, john fletcher, john phelan, walter davis, james hasseltop, archibald carmichael, william duncan, j.f bentley, barnard wech, peter martin, mary ann welch, john alfred carr, dr alfred carr
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Public Record Office Victoria
Report, 12 December 1854,26 November 1854
VA 724 Victoria Police (including Office of the Chief Commissioner of Police)
Eureka Stockade:Inspector Evans reports on the preludes to the attack on the Stockade
riot