Richard Smith

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Background

Richard John Smith was a miner on the Eureka Lead in 1854. [1]

Goldfields Involvement, 1854

Richard Smith was passing by in the vicinity of the Eureka Stockade on 02 December 1854. He was invited into the stockade were many rebels had been drinking during the night and and fallen asleep with their clothes on 'just lying down anywhere'. Smith was asleep when the fighting started at the Eureka Stockade on 03 December 1854. He ran out and immediately got shot in the leg. He stood alonmgside planks until the fight was over and gave himself up.[2] Smith witnessed seeing the insurgents fleeing for their lives, running all over the place.[3]

Post 1854 Experiences

See also

Further Reading

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


References

  1. Blake, Gregory, To Pierce the Tyrant's Heart, Australian Military History Publications, 2009, p.176.
  2. McFarlane, Ian, Eureka From the Official Records, Public Record Office Victoria.
  3. Blake, Gregory, To Pierce the Tyrant's Heart, Australian Military History Publications, 2009, p.176.

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