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The pikes used during the Eureka Stockade were made by local blacksmiths. There were comprised of a rough wooden pole about 2.4 metres long, tipped with a sharp metal spike and a hook designed to cut bridles and reins of the mounted men's horses. The hook could also be used to pull rider from their horse. | The pikes used during the Eureka Stockade were made by local blacksmiths. There were comprised of a rough wooden pole about 2.4 metres long, tipped with a sharp metal spike and a hook designed to cut bridles and reins of the mounted men's horses. The hook could also be used to pull rider from their horse. | ||
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+ | Mrs Bath exhibited a pike used at the [[Eureke Stockade]], found by her on the morning after the battle. It was exhibited during the 1876 [[Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute]] Fine Arts Exhibition.<ref>Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute Fine Arts Exhibition 1876 Catalogue.</ref> | ||
== Also See == | == Also See == | ||
[[Pikemen]] | [[Pikemen]] | ||
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+ | [[Thomas Pike]] | ||
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[[File:Carboni WEP page67-wiki.jpg|1000px|thumb|left|Walter E. Pidgeon, Illustration from ''The Eureka Stockade'' by Raffaello Carboni, Sunnybrook Press, 1942, offset print. <br>Art Gallery of Ballarat, purchased 1994.]] | [[File:Carboni WEP page67-wiki.jpg|1000px|thumb|left|Walter E. Pidgeon, Illustration from ''The Eureka Stockade'' by Raffaello Carboni, Sunnybrook Press, 1942, offset print. <br>Art Gallery of Ballarat, purchased 1994.]] |
Revision as of 14:05, 24 May 2018
The pikes used during the Eureka Stockade were made by local blacksmiths. There were comprised of a rough wooden pole about 2.4 metres long, tipped with a sharp metal spike and a hook designed to cut bridles and reins of the mounted men's horses. The hook could also be used to pull rider from their horse.
Mrs Bath exhibited a pike used at the Eureke Stockade, found by her on the morning after the battle. It was exhibited during the 1876 Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute Fine Arts Exhibition.[1]
Also See
- ↑ Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute Fine Arts Exhibition 1876 Catalogue.