Thomas Barnett
Contents
Background
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Post 1854 Experiences
Notes
- DEATH OF EUREKA VETERAN. - When Mr. S. J. Goldsmith, P.M., of Ballarat. on Tuesday inquired into the death of George Bentley, whose charred remains were found at Glen Park on the previous day, it was elicited that the old man was a Eureka Stockade veteran. Mr. Thomas Barnett, one of the witnesses, stated that he had in his possession the sword with which Bentley had been armed when, the soldiers stormed and captured the stockade. It was also made known that Bentley had for some time been in an infirm condition, and that only a week previously Mounted Constable Morey sought to persuade him to enter the hospital. Bentley, however, pleaded that he might be allowed to remain in his hut, which be had occupied for 52 years. He had been warned to be careful when near the fire, and, judging from the position in which his charred remains were found, it was presumed that Bentley had fallen into the fireplace. Mr. Goldsmith complimented Alexander Shuttleworth for the attention which he had given to Bentley and other old-age pensioners residing in the locality.[1]
- EUREKA SURVIVOR DEAD – Mrs Mary Abigail Barnett, 84, the widow of Thomas Barnett, died at Ballarat last Friday. She arrived in Ballarat with her parents before the Eureka Stockade in 1854, and while the fight was one she was placed, with other children, in a hole for shelter. Her husband gave the art gallery the sword carried by Captain Wise when he was shot dead in the fight. It was a souvenired at the time by George Bentley, a soldier, who handed it to Mr Barnett. The eldest son of Mr Tom Barnett, who manages a business and daughter is the wife of Mr J. Keith, President of Ballarat Benevolent Home Committee and Secretary of the Caledonian Society. [2]
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
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