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Black was a member of the [[Ballarat Reform League]] Committee, and was at the [[Bakery Hill]] meeting when [[Peter Lalor]] jumped on the stump. Black recorded the names of each Captain, and their divisions. He was a participant in the Eureka battle, and Secretary of War to [[Peter Lalor]]. Black drew up a ‘Declaration of Independence.’  <ref>Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., ''Eureka Research Directory'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.</ref>
 
Black was a member of the [[Ballarat Reform League]] Committee, and was at the [[Bakery Hill]] meeting when [[Peter Lalor]] jumped on the stump. Black recorded the names of each Captain, and their divisions. He was a participant in the Eureka battle, and Secretary of War to [[Peter Lalor]]. Black drew up a ‘Declaration of Independence.’  <ref>Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., ''Eureka Research Directory'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.</ref>
 
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[[File:Lalor4.jpg|800px|thumb|right|''Peter Lalor''. Melbourne Leader, 17 May 1862.]]
  
 
==Post 1854 Experiences==
 
==Post 1854 Experiences==
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:... Next there was the great meeting on [[Bakery Hill]], where the last plea for peace was made, and the tension between authority and insurrection, strained to breaking point, at length gave way. many accounts have been given of that meeting, but the story bluntly told by a runaway sailor is as good as any. "There were thousands there, and Alfred Black, who was afterwards  killed in a mine, was speaking. He was a fine gentlemanly fellow, a good speaker, and to the last he implored them not to appeal to arms—though when they did so he went in with them, and was 'secretary for war." ...<ref>The Argus, 10 June 1899.</ref>
 
:... Next there was the great meeting on [[Bakery Hill]], where the last plea for peace was made, and the tension between authority and insurrection, strained to breaking point, at length gave way. many accounts have been given of that meeting, but the story bluntly told by a runaway sailor is as good as any. "There were thousands there, and Alfred Black, who was afterwards  killed in a mine, was speaking. He was a fine gentlemanly fellow, a good speaker, and to the last he implored them not to appeal to arms—though when they did so he went in with them, and was 'secretary for war." ...<ref>The Argus, 10 June 1899.</ref>
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:A man named John Black, who died in the Ballarat Hospital on Friday, claimed to be identical with the Black who noted as "Minister of War" at the [[Eureka Stockade]] riot, and-for whose apprehension a reward of £200 was offered. In Withers' "History of Ballarat" the name of the "Minister of War" is given as Alfred A. Black, but there is a record of other men named Black having rendered less prominent service to the insurgents.<ref>The Argus, 13 March 1905.</ref>
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==

Revision as of 00:52, 3 July 2017

Background

Alfred, the brother of George Black, was probably at Reids Creek in 1853. Alfred Black edited the Diggers' Advocate in early 1854. At the time of the Eureka Stockade Alfred Black was sharing a tent with Henry Nicholls. [1]

Goldfields Involvement, 1854

Black was a member of the Ballarat Reform League Committee, and was at the Bakery Hill meeting when Peter Lalor jumped on the stump. Black recorded the names of each Captain, and their divisions. He was a participant in the Eureka battle, and Secretary of War to Peter Lalor. Black drew up a ‘Declaration of Independence.’ [2]

Peter Lalor. Melbourne Leader, 17 May 1862.

Post 1854 Experiences

Newsworthy

... Next there was the great meeting on Bakery Hill, where the last plea for peace was made, and the tension between authority and insurrection, strained to breaking point, at length gave way. many accounts have been given of that meeting, but the story bluntly told by a runaway sailor is as good as any. "There were thousands there, and Alfred Black, who was afterwards killed in a mine, was speaking. He was a fine gentlemanly fellow, a good speaker, and to the last he implored them not to appeal to arms—though when they did so he went in with them, and was 'secretary for war." ...[3]


A man named John Black, who died in the Ballarat Hospital on Friday, claimed to be identical with the Black who noted as "Minister of War" at the Eureka Stockade riot, and-for whose apprehension a reward of £200 was offered. In Withers' "History of Ballarat" the name of the "Minister of War" is given as Alfred A. Black, but there is a record of other men named Black having rendered less prominent service to the insurgents.[4]

See also

Ballarat Reform League

George Black

Peter Lalor

Henry Nicholls

Further Reading

Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.


References

  1. Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
  2. Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
  3. The Argus, 10 June 1899.
  4. The Argus, 13 March 1905.

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