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'''GAS PIPES FROM BULLETS'''
 
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Eureka Riot Relics
 
Eureka Riot Relics
 
BALLARAT, Monday. — An Interesting link with Eureka has been disclosed in an old newspaper file. It appears that when Sir [[Robert Nickle]], In charge of the Government forces, came to Ballarat a day after the riot at Eureka, he brought with him a ton and a half of bullets. Departing a few weeks later he left them be hind, with Instructions that they should be held in case of further outbreak. The bullets remained unused until July, 1858, when, on instructions from the Government, Mr. [[James Oddie]] put them up for auction. They were bought by the Ballarat Gas Co., and the lead melted down and made into gas pipes, which wore installed in the shops in Sturt-street. A great many of the pipes are still In use to-day.<ref>''The Age'', 13 August 1935.</ref>
 
BALLARAT, Monday. — An Interesting link with Eureka has been disclosed in an old newspaper file. It appears that when Sir [[Robert Nickle]], In charge of the Government forces, came to Ballarat a day after the riot at Eureka, he brought with him a ton and a half of bullets. Departing a few weeks later he left them be hind, with Instructions that they should be held in case of further outbreak. The bullets remained unused until July, 1858, when, on instructions from the Government, Mr. [[James Oddie]] put them up for auction. They were bought by the Ballarat Gas Co., and the lead melted down and made into gas pipes, which wore installed in the shops in Sturt-street. A great many of the pipes are still In use to-day.<ref>''The Age'', 13 August 1935.</ref>
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'''EUREKA BULLETS'''
 
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'''''Ballarat Star'', 6 July 1858'''
 
'''''Ballarat Star'', 6 July 1858'''
 
It appears that at the time of Eureka the Government had sent up one and a half tons of bullets to be used against the "rebels". Three years later, the bullets were still in Ballarat and the Government asked Mr James Oddie to assist in selling them. Those bullets were sold to the newly formed Gas Company which melted them down to use as solder to join the gas pipes which at that time were being laid in Ballarat.  
 
It appears that at the time of Eureka the Government had sent up one and a half tons of bullets to be used against the "rebels". Three years later, the bullets were still in Ballarat and the Government asked Mr James Oddie to assist in selling them. Those bullets were sold to the newly formed Gas Company which melted them down to use as solder to join the gas pipes which at that time were being laid in Ballarat.  

Revision as of 18:39, 3 May 2021

GAS PIPES FROM BULLETS

Eureka Riot Relics BALLARAT, Monday. — An Interesting link with Eureka has been disclosed in an old newspaper file. It appears that when Sir Robert Nickle, In charge of the Government forces, came to Ballarat a day after the riot at Eureka, he brought with him a ton and a half of bullets. Departing a few weeks later he left them be hind, with Instructions that they should be held in case of further outbreak. The bullets remained unused until July, 1858, when, on instructions from the Government, Mr. James Oddie put them up for auction. They were bought by the Ballarat Gas Co., and the lead melted down and made into gas pipes, which wore installed in the shops in Sturt-street. A great many of the pipes are still In use to-day.[1]


EUREKA BULLETS

Ballarat Star, 6 July 1858 It appears that at the time of Eureka the Government had sent up one and a half tons of bullets to be used against the "rebels". Three years later, the bullets were still in Ballarat and the Government asked Mr James Oddie to assist in selling them. Those bullets were sold to the newly formed Gas Company which melted them down to use as solder to join the gas pipes which at that time were being laid in Ballarat.

Note from Jack Chisholm - So who knows, maybe your gas pipes were joined by this solder. Perhaps though with the change to natural gas, all these old pipes are now discontinued.[2]

References

  1. The Age, 13 August 1935.
  2. Eureka Bullets, The Ballarat Historian, Volume 2, No. 5, December 1984.