Difference between revisions of "Samuel Huyghue"
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On 27 August 1853 Huyghue was appointed Clerk of the Office of Mines, Ballarat. He remained in that position until his retirement in 1878.<ref>Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. ''The Eureka Encyclopaedia'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.</ref> | On 27 August 1853 Huyghue was appointed Clerk of the Office of Mines, Ballarat. He remained in that position until his retirement in 1878.<ref>Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. ''The Eureka Encyclopaedia'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.</ref> | ||
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| + | Huyghue was a skilled draughtsman<ref>https://www.facebook.com/ArtGalleryBallarat/photos/a.250434721648290.68255.191066837585079/919390558086033/?type=1&fref=nf, accessed 20/01/2014.</ref>, and left a number of important images and plans relating to the Eureka Stockade. | ||
==Goldfields Involvement, 1854== | ==Goldfields Involvement, 1854== | ||
| − | Samuel Huyghue was the | + | Samuel Douglas Huyghue who was the clerk of the Government Camp in 1854-5.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/ArtGalleryBallarat/photos/a.250434721648290.68255.191066837585079/919390558086033/?type=1&fref=nf, accessed 20/01/2014.</ref> He drew the plan of attack on the [[Eureka Stockade]]. Huyghue wrote a diary which was used for his reminiscences. He described the path taken by the troops on 03 December 1854: |
: ... at first curving well up under Black Hill and then striking a more direct course towards the rebel stronghold ... . Pursuing their course now without further interruption they descended into a ravine and following up a shallow gully leading therefrom and separating the Free Trade Hotel from Stockyard Hill, arrived close to the hotel and within 200 yards of the enemy's position. | : ... at first curving well up under Black Hill and then striking a more direct course towards the rebel stronghold ... . Pursuing their course now without further interruption they descended into a ravine and following up a shallow gully leading therefrom and separating the Free Trade Hotel from Stockyard Hill, arrived close to the hotel and within 200 yards of the enemy's position. | ||
:The stronghold was placed where the diggers had commences sinking ... . The general lay of it was on a gentle slop leading up to and bordering the Melbourne Road, beyond which the ground fell away again more abruptly in an opposite direction, rugged with deserted working and studded with tents. The irregular enclosure comprised about an acre ... | :The stronghold was placed where the diggers had commences sinking ... . The general lay of it was on a gentle slop leading up to and bordering the Melbourne Road, beyond which the ground fell away again more abruptly in an opposite direction, rugged with deserted working and studded with tents. The irregular enclosure comprised about an acre ... | ||
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==Post 1854 Experiences== | ==Post 1854 Experiences== | ||
| − | [[File:Huyghue - site of Eureka stockade - 2004.81-wiki.jpg|1000px|thumb|left|Samuel D.S. Huyghue, ''The site of the Eureka Stockade'', 1855, pencil on paper. <br>Courtesy Art Gallery of Ballarat, purchased 2004.]] | + | [[File:Huyghue - site of Eureka stockade - 2004.81-wiki.jpg|1000px|thumb|left|Samuel D.S. Huyghue, ''The site of the Eureka Stockade'', 1855, pencil on paper. <br>Courtesy Art Gallery of Ballarat, purchased 2004. <br > |
| − | + | Huyghue was a skilled draughtsman and this image is important because it is inscribed by him ‘Huyghue December 1855 the site of the Eureka Stockade’. What this means is that one year after the storming of the Stockade, Huyghue visited the site on the edge of Ballarat and put his pen to paper. What he recorded here is the ONLY topographically accurate view of the actual site of the stockade, from a time when everyone still knew exactly where it was located. This drawing is particularly interesting when it is compared with the diagram of the stockade that was used in the treason trials of the Stockaders in early 1855.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/ArtGalleryBallarat/photos/a.250434721648290.68255.191066837585079/919390558086033/?type=1&fref=nf, accessed 20/01/2014.</ref>]] | |
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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Revision as of 19:40, 20 November 2014
Contents
Background
Samuel Douglas Smith Huyghue was from Canada. He died on 24 July 1891 aged 76, and was buried at Boroondara Cemetery on 27 July 1891. Emma Sophia Hyghue, Samuel Doughlas Huygue are buried in the same grave.[1]
On 27 August 1853 Huyghue was appointed Clerk of the Office of Mines, Ballarat. He remained in that position until his retirement in 1878.[2]
Huyghue was a skilled draughtsman[3], and left a number of important images and plans relating to the Eureka Stockade.
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Samuel Douglas Huyghue who was the clerk of the Government Camp in 1854-5.[4] He drew the plan of attack on the Eureka Stockade. Huyghue wrote a diary which was used for his reminiscences. He described the path taken by the troops on 03 December 1854:
- ... at first curving well up under Black Hill and then striking a more direct course towards the rebel stronghold ... . Pursuing their course now without further interruption they descended into a ravine and following up a shallow gully leading therefrom and separating the Free Trade Hotel from Stockyard Hill, arrived close to the hotel and within 200 yards of the enemy's position.
- The stronghold was placed where the diggers had commences sinking ... . The general lay of it was on a gentle slop leading up to and bordering the Melbourne Road, beyond which the ground fell away again more abruptly in an opposite direction, rugged with deserted working and studded with tents. The irregular enclosure comprised about an acre ...
Post 1854 Experiences
Samuel D.S. Huyghue, The site of the Eureka Stockade, 1855, pencil on paper.
Courtesy Art Gallery of Ballarat, purchased 2004.
Huyghue was a skilled draughtsman and this image is important because it is inscribed by him ‘Huyghue December 1855 the site of the Eureka Stockade’. What this means is that one year after the storming of the Stockade, Huyghue visited the site on the edge of Ballarat and put his pen to paper. What he recorded here is the ONLY topographically accurate view of the actual site of the stockade, from a time when everyone still knew exactly where it was located. This drawing is particularly interesting when it is compared with the diagram of the stockade that was used in the treason trials of the Stockaders in early 1855.[5]
Courtesy Art Gallery of Ballarat, purchased 2004.
Huyghue was a skilled draughtsman and this image is important because it is inscribed by him ‘Huyghue December 1855 the site of the Eureka Stockade’. What this means is that one year after the storming of the Stockade, Huyghue visited the site on the edge of Ballarat and put his pen to paper. What he recorded here is the ONLY topographically accurate view of the actual site of the stockade, from a time when everyone still knew exactly where it was located. This drawing is particularly interesting when it is compared with the diagram of the stockade that was used in the treason trials of the Stockaders in early 1855.[5]
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
- ↑ http://www.kewcemetery.com.au/FindGrave.aspx, accessed 24 March 2013 by Kathleen Gervasoni
- ↑ Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/ArtGalleryBallarat/photos/a.250434721648290.68255.191066837585079/919390558086033/?type=1&fref=nf, accessed 20/01/2014.
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/ArtGalleryBallarat/photos/a.250434721648290.68255.191066837585079/919390558086033/?type=1&fref=nf, accessed 20/01/2014.
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/ArtGalleryBallarat/photos/a.250434721648290.68255.191066837585079/919390558086033/?type=1&fref=nf, accessed 20/01/2014.
