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[[File:1996.63 - Doudiet - Gravel Pits Ballarat-wiki.jpg|1000px|thumb|right|Charles A. Doudiet, ''Gravel Pits Ballarat,'' 1854, watercolour, pen and ink on paper. <br>Courtesy Art Gallery of Ballarat, purchased by the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery with the assistance of many donors, 1996.]] | [[File:1996.63 - Doudiet - Gravel Pits Ballarat-wiki.jpg|1000px|thumb|right|Charles A. Doudiet, ''Gravel Pits Ballarat,'' 1854, watercolour, pen and ink on paper. <br>Courtesy Art Gallery of Ballarat, purchased by the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery with the assistance of many donors, 1996.]] | ||
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+ | [[File:2Clare20140809-0810-wiki.JPG|500px|thumb|right|Digger Hunts from ''The Revolt at Eureka’'' by R. Wenban. Schools Publishing House, 1959.]] | ||
The Gravel Puts were in close proximity to the Government Camp. The use of the bayonet point by the [[Military]] to clear riotous miners during a 'digger hunt' on 30 November 1854 ignited the armed insurrection at Eureka. <ref>''To Pierce the Tyrant's Heart'', Australian Military History Publications, 2009, p.9.</ref> | The Gravel Puts were in close proximity to the Government Camp. The use of the bayonet point by the [[Military]] to clear riotous miners during a 'digger hunt' on 30 November 1854 ignited the armed insurrection at Eureka. <ref>''To Pierce the Tyrant's Heart'', Australian Military History Publications, 2009, p.9.</ref> | ||
== Also See == | == Also See == | ||
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+ | [[Paul Brentani]] | ||
[[Henry Glenny]] | [[Henry Glenny]] | ||
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+ | [[Edward Freeman]] | ||
[[Clara Seekamp]] | [[Clara Seekamp]] | ||
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+ | [[File:m4170-wiki.jpg|800px|thumb|right|''A Digger Hunt'', Federation University Historical Collection (Cat.No. 4170)]] | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:19, 2 February 2020
The Gravel Puts were in close proximity to the Government Camp. The use of the bayonet point by the Military to clear riotous miners during a 'digger hunt' on 30 November 1854 ignited the armed insurrection at Eureka. [1]
Also See
References
- ↑ To Pierce the Tyrant's Heart, Australian Military History Publications, 2009, p.9.