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| + | :Mrs. Thomas Bell, 87, who arrived in Ballarat in 1853, died to-day. As a girl of 18 she was married to her first husband, Mr. [[John Chapman]]. They spent their honeymoon in a log hut inside the [[Eureka Stockade]] on the occasion of the battle between the diggers and the soldiers. Up to the day of her death Mrs Bell had a lively recollection of the soldiers' bullets thudding into a rampart formed of bags of flour, behind Which she was crouching for safety.<ref>Perth Mirror, 23 February 1924.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 21:11, 16 November 2016
Contents
Background
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Post 1854 Experiences
Family
- Mrs. Thomas Bell, 87, who arrived in Ballarat in 1853, died to-day. As a girl of 18 she was married to her first husband, Mr. John Chapman. They spent their honeymoon in a log hut inside the Eureka Stockade on the occasion of the battle between the diggers and the soldiers. Up to the day of her death Mrs Bell had a lively recollection of the soldiers' bullets thudding into a rampart formed of bags of flour, behind Which she was crouching for safety.[1]
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
- ↑ Perth Mirror, 23 February 1924.
External links
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