Difference between revisions of "Thomas Dignum"
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+ | [[File:Carboni WEP page67-wiki.jpg|1000px|thumb|right|Walter E. Pidgeon, Illustration from ''The Eureka Stockade'' by Raffaello Carboni, Sunnybrook Press, 1942, offset print. <br>Art Gallery of Ballarat, purchased 1994.]] | ||
[[File:State Trials - line drawing from photocopy-wiki.jpg|800px|thumb|right|State Prisoners, 1855.<br /> Courtesy Ballarat Heritage Services.]] | [[File:State Trials - line drawing from photocopy-wiki.jpg|800px|thumb|right|State Prisoners, 1855.<br /> Courtesy Ballarat Heritage Services.]] | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
− | + | Thomas Dignum was born in Sydney, [[Australia]] | |
Thomas Dignum was one of four known Australian born insurgents in the [[Eureka Stockade]]. He was one of the pikemen.<ref>Blake, Gregory, ''To Pierce the Tyrant's Heart'', Australian Military History Publications, 2009, p.177.</ref> | Thomas Dignum was one of four known Australian born insurgents in the [[Eureka Stockade]]. He was one of the pikemen.<ref>Blake, Gregory, ''To Pierce the Tyrant's Heart'', Australian Military History Publications, 2009, p.177.</ref> | ||
==Goldfields Involvement, 1854== | ==Goldfields Involvement, 1854== | ||
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Dignum signed the [[Benden Hassell]] compensation petition. | Dignum signed the [[Benden Hassell]] compensation petition. | ||
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==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
− | Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. ''The Eureka Encyclopaedia'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004. | + | Corfield, J., Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. ''The Eureka Encyclopaedia'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004. |
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==References== | ==References== |
Revision as of 15:59, 13 August 2017
Contents
Background
Thomas Dignum was born in Sydney, Australia
Thomas Dignum was one of four known Australian born insurgents in the Eureka Stockade. He was one of the pikemen.[1]
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Dignum signed the Benden Hassell compensation petition.
Post 1854 Experiences
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J., Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
- ↑ Blake, Gregory, To Pierce the Tyrant's Heart, Australian Military History Publications, 2009, p.177.