Anne Diamond

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Background

Anne and Martin Diamond ran a store that was situated half in and half out of the Eureka Stockade. [1]

Goldfields Involvement, 1854

The insurgents council of war had met in the Diamond's store.[2]

Post 1854 Experiences

Diamond's store was raided and set on fire by the Military after the Eureka Stockade. Martin Diamond was killed by the soldiers, although Anne Diamond claimed he had nothing to do with the battle.[3]

See also

Martin Diamond

Further Reading

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

Riot at Ballarat appointed to enquire into circumstances connected with the late disturbance at Ballarat together with the evidence taken by the board laid upon the Council table by the Colonial Secretary, by Command of His Excellency the lieutenant Governor and ordered by the Council to be printed 21st November, 1854.

References

  1. Supplement to the Ballarat Courier, 27 March 1998, p.6.
  2. Blake, Gregory, To Pierce the Tyrant's Heart, Australian Military History Publications, 2009, p.179.
  3. Supplement to the Ballarat Courier, 27 March 1998, p.6.

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