Charles Carter
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Background
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Charles Jeffreys Carter, Sub-Inspector of Police, was in charge of the foot police at the Eureka Stockade on 03 December 1854. According to his witness statement Carter took John Joseph out of the tent called the guard-room, while the firing was going on. Carter did not see any of the other prisoners. He called out to any that were alive in the tent to give themselves up. There were two there. One of them said "For God's sake don't fire on us; we will surrender." Carter saw many arms in the guard-tent, which was inside the Eureka Stockade, as well as many dead and wounded. [1]
Post 1854 Experiences
At the State Treason Trials Sub-Inspector of Police, Charles Carter, responded to questions from the Attorney General in relation to the site of the Eureka Stockade:
- 'Was it on the brow of the hill? Yes.
- Did it enclose the brow of the hill? Yes.
- And the ground fell from it? On the side we attacked it did.'[2]
See also
Further Reading
Blake, Gregory, To Pierce the Tyrant's Heart,Australian Military History Publications, 2009.
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