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On 04 December 1854 Seekamp was arrested in his office while preparing a report of the [[Eureka Stockade]] battle. He was found guilty and imprisoned for seditious libel.<ref>The Eureka Trails publicity brochure, undated.</ref> [[Charles Ferguson]] was the only American taken prisoner, and was chained to Henry Seekamp at gaol.<ref>Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., ''Eureka Research Directory'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.</ref> | On 04 December 1854 Seekamp was arrested in his office while preparing a report of the [[Eureka Stockade]] battle. He was found guilty and imprisoned for seditious libel.<ref>The Eureka Trails publicity brochure, undated.</ref> [[Charles Ferguson]] was the only American taken prisoner, and was chained to Henry Seekamp at gaol.<ref>Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., ''Eureka Research Directory'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.</ref> | ||
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| + | Of the Ballarat Reform League Henry Seekamp wrote in 1854: | ||
| + | :The die is cast and fate has stamped upon the movement its indelible signature. No power on earth can now restrain the united might and headlong stride for freedom of the people of this country and we are lost in amazement while contemplating the dazzling Panorama of the Australian future. We salute the league and tender our hopes and prayers for its prosperity. The league has undertaken a mighty task fit only for a great people – that of changing the dynasty of the Country. The League does not exactly propose nor adopt such a scheme but we know what it means the principles it would inculcate and that eventually it will resolve itself into an Australian Congress. It is not for us to say how much we have been instrumental in rousing up the people to a sense of their own wrongs. We leave that to the public and the world. | ||
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Revision as of 21:35, 8 December 2014
Contents
Background
The Ballarat Times and the Southern Cross was launched on the 4th March 1854 in Mair Street. By December 1854 it had moved to the north-east corner of Victoria and Humffray Streets. The paper was closed down by the government in the aftermath of the Eureka Rebellion after its editor Henry Seekamp was arrested on the 4th December 1854 and charged with sedition.[1] Ironically, Seekamp was the only person ever convicted of a crime as a result of the Eureka Rebellion. He was jailed for three months for sedition.[2]
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Seekamp 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]
On 04 December 1854 Seekamp was arrested in his office while preparing a report of the Eureka Stockade battle. He was found guilty and imprisoned for seditious libel.[4] Charles Ferguson was the only American taken prisoner, and was chained to Henry Seekamp at gaol.[5]
Of the Ballarat Reform League Henry Seekamp wrote in 1854:
- The die is cast and fate has stamped upon the movement its indelible signature. No power on earth can now restrain the united might and headlong stride for freedom of the people of this country and we are lost in amazement while contemplating the dazzling Panorama of the Australian future. We salute the league and tender our hopes and prayers for its prosperity. The league has undertaken a mighty task fit only for a great people – that of changing the dynasty of the Country. The League does not exactly propose nor adopt such a scheme but we know what it means the principles it would inculcate and that eventually it will resolve itself into an Australian Congress. It is not for us to say how much we have been instrumental in rousing up the people to a sense of their own wrongs. We leave that to the public and the world.
Post 1854 Experiences
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
- ↑ The Eureka Trails publicity brochure, undated.
- ↑ http://www.peacebus.com/Eureka/111128ToscanoMedia.html
- ↑ Report of the Board appointed to Enquire into Circumstances Connected with the Late Disturbance at Ballarat, John Ferres, Government Printer, Melbourne, 21 November 1854.
- ↑ The Eureka Trails publicity brochure, undated.
- ↑ Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
External links
http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/seekamp-henry-13188/text23875
