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| + | :There was a good deal of misunderstanding about the nature and object of the Stockade. it was never intended as a means of defence. It was the flimsiest construction ever seen. It was composed of slabs 4 feet 4 inches long, placed at a distance apart in the ground, and leaning together at the top, forming a <ref>From Tent To Parliament, Berry Anderson & Co., Ballarat, p12.</ref> | ||
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Eureka Site Plan, 1870
The Stockade
- There was a good deal of misunderstanding about the nature and object of the Stockade. it was never intended as a means of defence. It was the flimsiest construction ever seen. It was composed of slabs 4 feet 4 inches long, placed at a distance apart in the ground, and leaning together at the top, forming a [1]
- ↑ From Tent To Parliament, Berry Anderson & Co., Ballarat, p12.
