Difference between revisions of "William Avondale"
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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
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− | + | Avondale was arrested on 3 December 1854 after the Eureka battle.<ref>Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., ''Eureka Research Directory'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.</ref> | |
:... At the Police Court on Saturday, [[Michael Kennedy]], [[William Develin]], [[John Pardy]], [[Patrick Kennedy]], [[James Sexton]], [[Daniel Macartney]], James Ashburn, John Leadow, [[Herman Steinman]], [[William Wickley]], [[William Somerville]], [[Jeremiah Hogan]], [[William Avondale]], [[Samuel Penny]], [[Patrick Hickey]], [[Joseph Walker]], [[John Kelly]], [[Cornelius Peters]], [[William Stafford]], [[Carl Anderson]] (a Swede), [[Patrick Meade]], and [[Michael Gleeson]], were discharged. In some of these cases there was either no evidence against the prisoners, or they were only proved guilty of living in the neighborhood of the stockade, and giving no information as to its erection. [[Edmund Bohen]], [[Michael Meagher]], [[William Galloway]], [[James Barclay]], [[Michael Butler]], [[John Lynch]]; and Chas Doolan, were defended by Mr Dunne, and discharged. ... <ref>''The Argus'', 12 December 1854.</ref> | :... At the Police Court on Saturday, [[Michael Kennedy]], [[William Develin]], [[John Pardy]], [[Patrick Kennedy]], [[James Sexton]], [[Daniel Macartney]], James Ashburn, John Leadow, [[Herman Steinman]], [[William Wickley]], [[William Somerville]], [[Jeremiah Hogan]], [[William Avondale]], [[Samuel Penny]], [[Patrick Hickey]], [[Joseph Walker]], [[John Kelly]], [[Cornelius Peters]], [[William Stafford]], [[Carl Anderson]] (a Swede), [[Patrick Meade]], and [[Michael Gleeson]], were discharged. In some of these cases there was either no evidence against the prisoners, or they were only proved guilty of living in the neighborhood of the stockade, and giving no information as to its erection. [[Edmund Bohen]], [[Michael Meagher]], [[William Galloway]], [[James Barclay]], [[Michael Butler]], [[John Lynch]]; and Chas Doolan, were defended by Mr Dunne, and discharged. ... <ref>''The Argus'', 12 December 1854.</ref> | ||
==Post 1854 Experiences== | ==Post 1854 Experiences== | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== |
Latest revision as of 21:38, 2 May 2014
Contents
Background
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Avondale was arrested on 3 December 1854 after the Eureka battle.[1]
- ... At the Police Court on Saturday, Michael Kennedy, William Develin, John Pardy, Patrick Kennedy, James Sexton, Daniel Macartney, James Ashburn, John Leadow, Herman Steinman, William Wickley, William Somerville, Jeremiah Hogan, William Avondale, Samuel Penny, Patrick Hickey, Joseph Walker, John Kelly, Cornelius Peters, William Stafford, Carl Anderson (a Swede), Patrick Meade, and Michael Gleeson, were discharged. In some of these cases there was either no evidence against the prisoners, or they were only proved guilty of living in the neighborhood of the stockade, and giving no information as to its erection. Edmund Bohen, Michael Meagher, William Galloway, James Barclay, Michael Butler, John Lynch; and Chas Doolan, were defended by Mr Dunne, and discharged. ... [2]
Post 1854 Experiences
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
External links