Difference between revisions of "John Broadhurst"
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+ | [[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0090-010-023.jpg|800px|thumb|right|"Deposition of [[Michael Murphy]], 27 October 1854, p.1, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 90<br/><br/> | ||
+ | And this Deponent [[Michael Murphy]] on his oath saith I am a private of 40th Regt. On the 17th Inst by Command of Lieut. Broadhurst I was marched to Bentley’s Hotel. We formed round the Hotel I saw the prisoner Westerby seize the firelock of Private Sorrell and try to take it from him – he was pushed away by Mr. Commr. Rede<br/> | ||
+ | By prisoners Attorney I was close]] | ||
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+ | [[File:I05527-p0000-000001-0090-010-024.jpg|800px|thumb|right|"Deposition of [[Michael Murphy]], 27 October 1854, p.2, PROV, VPRS5527/P0 Unit 1, Item 90<br/><br/> | ||
+ | to the prisoner at this time I was only the length of firelock from him<br/> | ||
+ | [[Michael Murphy]]<br/> | ||
+ | Sworn before us at Ballarat this 27 October 1854]] | ||
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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Revision as of 19:18, 5 August 2017
Contents
Background
Broadhurst 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. [1]
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Post 1854 Experiences
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
- ↑ Report of the Board appointed to Enquire into Circumstances Connected with the Late Disturbance at Ballarat, John Ferres, Government Printer, Melbourne, 21 November 1854.
External links