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After the [[Ballarat Times]] newspaper was closed down by the government in the aftermath of the [[Eureka Stockade]], and its editor [[Henry Seekamp]] was arrested on the 4th December 1854 and charged with sedition, Clara Seekamp took over the role of editing the newspaper.<ref>The Eureka Trails publicity brochure, undated.</ref>  
 
After the [[Ballarat Times]] newspaper was closed down by the government in the aftermath of the [[Eureka Stockade]], and its editor [[Henry Seekamp]] was arrested on the 4th December 1854 and charged with sedition, Clara Seekamp took over the role of editing the newspaper.<ref>The Eureka Trails publicity brochure, undated.</ref>  
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== Obituary ==
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:Mrs. Clara Maria Seekamp, who died on Wednesday at Pascoevale, Victoria, at the age of 90 years, was the widow of Mr. Harry Seekamp, who was editor of the. "Ballarat Times"' at the date of the [[Eureka Stockade]] fight. Mrs. Seekamp was the widow of Mr. Claud Du Val when she married Mr. Seekamp. With Mr. Du Val she took part in theatrical performances in the early days of Ballarat, and often appeared before Melbourne audiences.<ref>Adelaide Advertiser, 27 January 1908.</ref>
  
 
== In the News ==
 
== In the News ==

Revision as of 18:37, 27 October 2013

Background

Clara Lodge was born in Ireland[1] c.1819.[2] She married George William (Claud) Du Val, and they had three children together.[3]

Arriving in Australia in 1847[4] she became a teacher of languages and a well-known actress at the Gravel Pits.[5] She had taken Seekamp's name by early 1854.ref>Anne Beggs Sunter, 'Seekamp, Clara Maria (1819–1908)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/seekamp-clara-maria-13282/text23875, accessed 27 October 2013.</ref>

During the 1880s she was living at 56 Gertrude St, Fitzroy. Clara died c1893 at Coburg, Victoria.[6]

Soon Clara Maria Du Val (Duval), née Lodge, infatuated Seekamp. a teacher of languages, Clara had arrived in Victoria about 1847 and conducted a theatrical company.

Goldfields Involvement, 1854

Post 1854 Experiences

After the Ballarat Times newspaper was closed down by the government in the aftermath of the Eureka Stockade, and its editor Henry Seekamp was arrested on the 4th December 1854 and charged with sedition, Clara Seekamp took over the role of editing the newspaper.[7]


Obituary

Mrs. Clara Maria Seekamp, who died on Wednesday at Pascoevale, Victoria, at the age of 90 years, was the widow of Mr. Harry Seekamp, who was editor of the. "Ballarat Times"' at the date of the Eureka Stockade fight. Mrs. Seekamp was the widow of Mr. Claud Du Val when she married Mr. Seekamp. With Mr. Du Val she took part in theatrical performances in the early days of Ballarat, and often appeared before Melbourne audiences.[8]

In the News

BALLARAT (from the correspondent of the Argus)
January 29th 1855 - ... a manifesto from Mrs Seekamp, as startling in its time, as energetic in its language, italics, and capitals, ...I only hope that Sir W. a’Beckett will at once perceive that a lenient sentence upon Mr Seekamp and a quicker return to his editorial duties. ...[9]


10. MRS SEEKAMP – Mr Frazer moved, pursuant to amended notice, That a Select Committee be appointed to enquire into the claims of Clara Seekamp, as set forth in a Petition signed by her, such Committee to consist of Dr Evans, Mr Gillies, Mr Brooke, Mr Lock, Mr McLellan, Mr Loader and the mover; with power to send for persons and papers; three to form a quorum.
Question – put and resolved in the affirmative. [10]


7. MRS SEEKAMP – Mr Frazer moved, pursuant to amended notice, That, in accordance with the recommendations of the Select Committee, this house will, on Tuesday next, resolve itself into a Committee of the whole to consider the propriety of presenting an Address to His Excellency the Governor, requesting for the sum of £500 be placed upon the Additional Estimates for 1861 for the purpose of compensating Mrs Seekamp.[11]


The select committee of the 21st May, 1861, appointed to inquire into the claims of Clara Seekamp, as set forth in a petition signed by her, report as follows:-From the evidence laid before your committee it appears that the Government caused the removal of a large poition of the premises occupied by Mr Seekamp, on Bakery Hill, Ballarat, in consequence of the land on which the premises were situated being re- quired for road purposes. It also appears that the loss sustained by Mr Seekamp, in consequence of that removal, was so great, as in the opinion of your committee, to entitle him to some compensation. Your committee is of opinion that the sum of £500 should be awarded to Mrs Seekamp as compensation for such loss.[12]


YACHANDANDAH COURT OF MINES,
The only case for trial was with drawn, and the Court did not sit.
Last session a sum of £500 was voted to Mrs. Clara Seekamp, for damage which the property of her husband at Ballarat had sustained some years ago through the intervention of the Government. Some inquiry was made at the time why Mrs. Seekamp was to be the recipient of the compensation, and the answer was that her husband was dead ! Mr Seekamp had gained sufficient notoriety in one way or other to make his exit from the world a subject of public remark, but no one appeared to know when or where, or under what circumstances, he had departed this life." He had been last heard of in Queensland, and as Mr Frazer's word was regarded as a certificate of death, the money was voted to his widow. But, behold,'we have Mr Seekamp resuscitated, and in Melbourne, apparently in the full enjoyment of health, and none the worse for the fact of £500 having been voted to his widow.-Age.[13]

See also

William A'Beckett

Duncan Gillies

Ballarat Times

Henry Seekamp

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. Anne Beggs Sunter, 'Seekamp, Clara Maria (1819–1908)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/seekamp-clara-maria-13282/text23875, accessed 27 October 2013.
  3. Anne Beggs Sunter, 'Seekamp, Clara Maria (1819–1908)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/seekamp-clara-maria-13282/text23875, accessed 27 October 2013.
  4. Anne Beggs Sunter, 'Seekamp, Clara Maria (1819–1908)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/seekamp-clara-maria-13282/text23875, accessed 27 October 2013.
  5. Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
  6. Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
  7. The Eureka Trails publicity brochure, undated.
  8. Adelaide Advertiser, 27 January 1908.
  9. Mount Alexander Mail, 02 February 1855.
  10. Victorian Votes & Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly, 21 May 1861.
  11. Victorian Votes & Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly, 26 June1861.
  12. Ballarat Star, 29 June 1861.
  13. Ovens and Murray Advertiser, 07 December 1861.

External links

http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/seekamp-clara-maria-13282



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