Walter Anderson

Walter E. Pidgeon, Illustration from The Eureka Stockade by Raffaello Carboni, Sunnybrook Press, 1942, offset print.
Art Gallery of Ballarat, purchased 1994.

Background

Anderson was a witness examined during the report of the Board appointed to enquire into circumstances connected with the riot at Ballarat, and the burning of James Bentley's Eureka Hotel.

Post 1854 Experiences

Anderson was witness number 20 at the Board of Enquiry into Scobie’s murder, and Jury Foreman at the Scobie Inquest. He also gave evidence at the Board of Enquiry into the burning of Bentley’s Eureka Hotel and claimed for compensation for the loss of his shop and contents. The total compensation of £443 was allowed. Anderson lived at Ballarat, and was recorded on the 1855 Electoral Roll, under the electoral qualification of Miner’s Right.

Further Reading

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

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