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:EUREKA STOCKADE REVOLT.  DEATH OF MICHAEL TUOHY.
 
:EUREKA STOCKADE REVOLT.  DEATH OF MICHAEL TUOHY.
 
:Michael Tuohy, the last of the State prisoners who stood their trial in the Criminal Court at Melbourne in connection with the revolt at the [[Eureka Stockade]] on Sunday morning, December 3, 1854. died at the Ballarat Hospital on Friday last from pneumonia and senile decay (says the Ballarat correspondent of "The Age"). The deceased pioneer, who was a widower, 85 years  
 
:Michael Tuohy, the last of the State prisoners who stood their trial in the Criminal Court at Melbourne in connection with the revolt at the [[Eureka Stockade]] on Sunday morning, December 3, 1854. died at the Ballarat Hospital on Friday last from pneumonia and senile decay (says the Ballarat correspondent of "The Age"). The deceased pioneer, who was a widower, 85 years  
of age, arrived in Sydney from County Clare, [[Ireland]], in 1847. In the early fifties he reached Ballarat and worked on the Eureka, and other diggings. Trouble subsequently arose on the field in respect to the licenses of the diggers, who determined on armed resistance against constituted authority, under the leadership of [[Peter Lalor]]. About 40 of the insurgents were killed in the fight with the British troops at the stockade, while Captain Wise, of the 40th Regiment, and five privates belonging to the Imperial forces lost their lives in the combat. Tuohy and 12 other diggers who fought with him inside the stockade were captured by the troops and all were taken to Melbourne and arraigned on charges of high treason. The prisoners were gratuitously defended by. Messrs. R. D. Ireland and B. C. Aspinall, eminent criminal counsel, and all were acquitted. Tuohy, after the trials, continued his search for gold at the Ballarat and other diggings in Victoria, but in later years he followed the rushes in New Zealand. He met with success, and on settling down to farm- ing pursuits in the [[Ballan]] district he was worth about £10.000. While he was awaiting trial in 1854-55 a party of adventurers jumped his rich claim on the Eureka, and on-his acquittal he spent a good deal of money in an unsuccessful endeavor to eject them. For many years, Tuohy, who was almost blind, resided on a small farm abutting on the Daylesford-road, which was recently destroyed by fire. The re mains of the old digger, who leaves one son, were interred in the ''Ballan Cemetery'' on Monday.  <ref>Barrier Miner, 29 September 1915.<ref/>
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of age, arrived in Sydney from County Clare, [[Ireland]], in 1847. In the early fifties he reached Ballarat and worked on the Eureka, and other diggings. Trouble subsequently arose on the field in respect to the licenses of the diggers, who determined on armed resistance against constituted authority, under the leadership of [[Peter Lalor]]. About 40 of the insurgents were killed in the fight with the British troops at the stockade, while Captain Wise, of the 40th Regiment, and five privates belonging to the Imperial forces lost their lives in the combat. Tuohy and 12 other diggers who fought with him inside the stockade were captured by the troops and all were taken to Melbourne and arraigned on charges of high treason. The prisoners were gratuitously defended by. Messrs. R. D. Ireland and B. C. Aspinall, eminent criminal counsel, and all were acquitted. Tuohy, after the trials, continued his search for gold at the Ballarat and other diggings in Victoria, but in later years he followed the rushes in New Zealand. He met with success, and on settling down to farming pursuits in the [[Ballan]] district he was worth about £10.000. While he was awaiting trial in 1854-55 a party of adventurers jumped his rich claim on the Eureka, and on-his acquittal he spent a good deal of money in an unsuccessful endeavor to eject them. For many years, Tuohy, who was almost blind, resided on a small farm abutting on the Daylesford-road, which was recently destroyed by fire. The re mains of the old digger, who leaves one son, were interred in the ''Ballan Cemetery'' on Monday.  <ref>Barrier Miner, 29 September 1915.</ref>
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==

Revision as of 22:48, 21 June 2013

Background

Goldfields Involvement, 1854

Post 1854 Experiences

Obituary

EUREKA STOCKADE REVOLT. DEATH OF MICHAEL TUOHY.
Michael Tuohy, the last of the State prisoners who stood their trial in the Criminal Court at Melbourne in connection with the revolt at the Eureka Stockade on Sunday morning, December 3, 1854. died at the Ballarat Hospital on Friday last from pneumonia and senile decay (says the Ballarat correspondent of "The Age"). The deceased pioneer, who was a widower, 85 years

of age, arrived in Sydney from County Clare, Ireland, in 1847. In the early fifties he reached Ballarat and worked on the Eureka, and other diggings. Trouble subsequently arose on the field in respect to the licenses of the diggers, who determined on armed resistance against constituted authority, under the leadership of Peter Lalor. About 40 of the insurgents were killed in the fight with the British troops at the stockade, while Captain Wise, of the 40th Regiment, and five privates belonging to the Imperial forces lost their lives in the combat. Tuohy and 12 other diggers who fought with him inside the stockade were captured by the troops and all were taken to Melbourne and arraigned on charges of high treason. The prisoners were gratuitously defended by. Messrs. R. D. Ireland and B. C. Aspinall, eminent criminal counsel, and all were acquitted. Tuohy, after the trials, continued his search for gold at the Ballarat and other diggings in Victoria, but in later years he followed the rushes in New Zealand. He met with success, and on settling down to farming pursuits in the Ballan district he was worth about £10.000. While he was awaiting trial in 1854-55 a party of adventurers jumped his rich claim on the Eureka, and on-his acquittal he spent a good deal of money in an unsuccessful endeavor to eject them. For many years, Tuohy, who was almost blind, resided on a small farm abutting on the Daylesford-road, which was recently destroyed by fire. The re mains of the old digger, who leaves one son, were interred in the Ballan Cemetery on Monday. [1]

See also

Prisoners

Treason Trials

Further Reading

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

References

  1. Barrier Miner, 29 September 1915.

External links



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