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==Goldfields Involvement, 1854==
 
==Goldfields Involvement, 1854==
  
John Badcock was a constable at Ballarat, and was involved with the storming of the [[Eureka Stockade]] on 03 December 1854. in a witness statement he said he jumped over the stockade and saw [[Raffaello Carboni]] going round the corner of a tent. Badcock presented his firelock at him, but it missed fire. Badcock did not see him again until he was a prisoner. He was armed with something like a pike. Badcock also saw [[John Josephs]] and [[James Beattie]] prisoners about twenty paces outside the [[Eureka Stockade]].
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John Badcock was a constable at Ballarat, and was involved with the storming of the [[Eureka Stockade]] on 03 December 1854. in a witness statement he said he jumped over the stockade and saw [[Raffaello Carboni]] going round the corner of a tent. Badcock presented his firelock at him, but it missed fire. Badcock did not see him again until he was a prisoner. He was armed with something like a pike. Badcock also saw [[John Josephs]] and [[James Beattie]] prisoners about twenty paces outside the [[Eureka Stockade]]. <ref>''The Argus'', 11 December 1854.</ref>
<ref>''The Argus'', 11 December 1854.</ref>
 
  
 
==Post 1854 Experiences==
 
==Post 1854 Experiences==

Revision as of 22:35, 18 May 2013

Background

Goldfields Involvement, 1854

John Badcock was a constable at Ballarat, and was involved with the storming of the Eureka Stockade on 03 December 1854. in a witness statement he said he jumped over the stockade and saw Raffaello Carboni going round the corner of a tent. Badcock presented his firelock at him, but it missed fire. Badcock did not see him again until he was a prisoner. He was armed with something like a pike. Badcock also saw John Josephs and James Beattie prisoners about twenty paces outside the Eureka Stockade. [1]

Post 1854 Experiences

See also

Further Reading

Blake, Gregory, To Pierce the Tyrant's Heart,Australian Military History Publications, 2009.


References

  1. The Argus, 11 December 1854.

External links



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