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Raffaello Carboni wrote: ''Vern had enlarged the Stockade across Melbourne road and down the Warrenheip Gully ...  an acre of ground on the surface of a hill ... The shepherd's holes inside the lower part of the Stockade had been turned into rifle pits.''<ref>Harvey, Jack, Eureka Rediscovered, University of Ballarat, 1994.</ref>
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Vern proposed a [[Ballarat Reform League]] resolution, and was accused of High Treason after the Eureka Stockade battle.  
 
Vern proposed a [[Ballarat Reform League]] resolution, and was accused of High Treason after the Eureka Stockade battle.  

Revision as of 22:51, 20 September 2013

Background

Goldfields Involvement, 1854

Raffaello Carboni wrote: Vern had enlarged the Stockade across Melbourne road and down the Warrenheip Gully ... an acre of ground on the surface of a hill ... The shepherd's holes inside the lower part of the Stockade had been turned into rifle pits.[1]


Vern proposed a Ballarat Reform League resolution, and was accused of High Treason after the Eureka Stockade battle.

INFORMATIONS- High Treason.
Colonial Secretary’s Office, Melbourne, 11th December, 1854.
£500 REWARD for the apprehension of Frederick Vern. – Whereas a man known by the name of Vern has unlawfully, rebelliously, and traitorously levied and arrayed armed men at Ballaarat, in the Colony of Victoria, with the view of making was against Our Sovereign Lady the QUEEN: Notice is hereby given that whoever will give such information as may lead to the apprehension of the said Vern, shall receive a reward of £500, being the reward offered by Sir ROBERT NICKLE. By His Excellency’s Command, JOHN FOSTER.
Description of Vern. – Tall, about 5 feet 10 ½ inches, long light hair falling heavily on the side of his head, little whisker, a large flat face, eyes light grey or green and very wide asunder. Speaks with a strong foreign accent. A Hanoverian by birth, about 26 years of age. A warrant has been issued.[2]

Post 1854 Experiences

Vern was a witness examined during the report of the Board appointed to enquire into circumstances connected with the riot at Ballarat, and the burning of James Bentley's Eureka Hotel. [3]

See also

Further Reading

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


References

  1. Harvey, Jack, Eureka Rediscovered, University of Ballarat, 1994.
  2. Victoria Police Gazette, Friday, December 22. 1854, page 581.
  3. Report of the Board appointed to Enquire into Circumstances Connected with the Late Disturbance at Ballarat, John Ferres, Government Printer, Melbourne, 21 November 1854.

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