Henry Seekamp

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Background

The Ballarat Times and the Southern Cross was launched on the 4th March 1854 in Mair Street. By December 1854 it had moved to the north-east corner of Victoria and Humffray Streets. The paper was closed down by the government in the aftermath of the Eureka Rebellion after its editor Henry Seekamp was arrested on the 4th December 1854 and charged with sedition.[1] Ironically, Seekamp was the only person ever convicted of a crime as a result of the Eureka Rebellion. He was jailed for three months for sedition.[2]

Goldfields Involvement, 1854

Seekamp 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. [3]

On 04 December 1854 Seekamp was arrested in his office while preparing a report of the Eureka Stockade battle. He was found guilty and imprisoned for seditious libel.[4] Charles Ferguson was the only American taken prisoner, and was chained to Henry Seekamp at gaol.

Post 1854 Experiences

See also

Ballarat Times

Clara Seekamp

United States Hotel

Further Reading

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


References

  1. The Eureka Trails publicity brochure, undated.
  2. http://www.peacebus.com/Eureka/111128ToscanoMedia.html
  3. Report of the Board appointed to Enquire into Circumstances Connected with the Late Disturbance at Ballarat, John Ferres, Government Printer, Melbourne, 21 November 1854.
  4. The Eureka Trails publicity brochure, undated.

External links

http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/seekamp-henry-13188/text23875



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