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| + | ::TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS. - Sir-I think that any person knowing Mr. Oddie would know he would not exaggerate about the Eureka Stockade. I wish to inform Mr. Sadlier I am the person who conveyed the bodies of Gittens and O'Neill to Ballarat Cemetery on that memorable 3rd of December, 1854, and on the body of one of those there were 10 wounds. I will let the public of the present day judge for themselves whether that was butchery or not. | ||
| + | :Yours. &c., . M. BOLGER.<ref>The Argus, 20 September 1913.</ref> | ||
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[[File:M3027 Sketch of Ballarat Goldfield-wiki.jpg|800px|thumb|left|'Sketch of the Ballarat Goldfield, 1851,'' University of Ballarat Historical Collection.]] | [[File:M3027 Sketch of Ballarat Goldfield-wiki.jpg|800px|thumb|left|'Sketch of the Ballarat Goldfield, 1851,'' University of Ballarat Historical Collection.]] | ||
Revision as of 21:02, 12 July 2013
Contents
Background
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Post 1854 Experiences
In The News
- TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS. - Sir-I think that any person knowing Mr. Oddie would know he would not exaggerate about the Eureka Stockade. I wish to inform Mr. Sadlier I am the person who conveyed the bodies of Gittens and O'Neill to Ballarat Cemetery on that memorable 3rd of December, 1854, and on the body of one of those there were 10 wounds. I will let the public of the present day judge for themselves whether that was butchery or not.
- Yours. &c., . M. BOLGER.[1]
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
- ↑ The Argus, 20 September 1913.
External links
http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/oddie-james-4318/text7005
