Difference between revisions of "Melbourne"
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[[File:clare20160081-0082-wiki.jpg|800px|thumb|right|''Special Constables Poster''<br />Courtesy Ballarat Heritage Services.]] | [[File:clare20160081-0082-wiki.jpg|800px|thumb|right|''Special Constables Poster''<br />Courtesy Ballarat Heritage Services.]] | ||
[[File:GILL ST - Convivial diggers in Melbourne - 1967.118-wiki.jpg|1000px|thumb|right|Samuel Thomas Gill, ''Convivial Diggers in Melbourne,'' c1852, watercolour and gum arabic on paper. <br>Art Gallery of Ballarat, gift of Mr. Tony Hamilton and Miss. S.E. Hamilton, 1967.]] | [[File:GILL ST - Convivial diggers in Melbourne - 1967.118-wiki.jpg|1000px|thumb|right|Samuel Thomas Gill, ''Convivial Diggers in Melbourne,'' c1852, watercolour and gum arabic on paper. <br>Art Gallery of Ballarat, gift of Mr. Tony Hamilton and Miss. S.E. Hamilton, 1967.]] | ||
| + | [[File:O'Shannessy2.jpeg|505px|thumb|right|''Sir John O'Shannessy, Premier of Victoria]'' by William Strutt. This portrait was commissioned by the St. Patrick's Society in 1859, of which Sir John O'Shannessy was the founder. It hung in the Society's Hall in Bourke Street, Melbourne. State Library of Victoria Collection (H2003.1).]] | ||
Melbourne is the capital city of Victoria, Australia. | Melbourne is the capital city of Victoria, Australia. | ||
| − | After the Eureka Stockade rumours of an attack on Melbourne resulted in special constables being sworn in. | + | After the [[Eureka Stockade]] rumours of an attack on Melbourne resulted in special constables being sworn in. |
| − | :Was Melbourne in Peril?— Those were days of leisurely news-carrying. The Stockade was taken by assault at daybreak on Sunday, December 3, 1854, and the news reached Melbourne just too late to appear in the morning papers on Monday. For a day or two before it hac been rumoured that an army of infuriated diggers was about to descend on the capital. All troops available had been sent to | + | |
| + | :Was Melbourne in Peril?— Those were days of leisurely news-carrying. The Stockade was taken by assault at daybreak on Sunday, December 3, 1854, and the news reached Melbourne just too late to appear in the morning papers on Monday. For a day or two before it hac been rumoured that an army of infuriated diggers was about to descend on the capital. All troops available had been sent to Ballarat, and the leading shopkeepers cla moured for the enrolment of a rifle bri gade and the swearing-in of all respectable people as special constables. lt was a great chance for The Age, then just established. This democratic infant declared that the civil war was 'not against the Crown but against the pollutions and abomi nations covered by its sanction." Ad ditional troops were brought in from Tasmania; and, with the news of the complete crumpling up of the Stockade and of the rebel movement, a quick reaction set in. Strong anti-Government speeches were made at a great meeting where the Cathedral now stands-by some of the city's most representative men. Then came on the trials for high treason.<ref>Adelaide Registrer, 29 March 1913.</ref> | ||
== Names Associated with Living in Melbourne == | == Names Associated with Living in Melbourne == | ||
| − | [[John Moore]] - [[James T. Smith]] | + | [[John Moore]] - Sir [[John O'Shannessy]] - [[James T. Smith]] |
== Also See == | == Also See == | ||
Revision as of 23:11, 24 April 2018
Melbourne is the capital city of Victoria, Australia.
After the Eureka Stockade rumours of an attack on Melbourne resulted in special constables being sworn in.
- Was Melbourne in Peril?— Those were days of leisurely news-carrying. The Stockade was taken by assault at daybreak on Sunday, December 3, 1854, and the news reached Melbourne just too late to appear in the morning papers on Monday. For a day or two before it hac been rumoured that an army of infuriated diggers was about to descend on the capital. All troops available had been sent to Ballarat, and the leading shopkeepers cla moured for the enrolment of a rifle bri gade and the swearing-in of all respectable people as special constables. lt was a great chance for The Age, then just established. This democratic infant declared that the civil war was 'not against the Crown but against the pollutions and abomi nations covered by its sanction." Ad ditional troops were brought in from Tasmania; and, with the news of the complete crumpling up of the Stockade and of the rebel movement, a quick reaction set in. Strong anti-Government speeches were made at a great meeting where the Cathedral now stands-by some of the city's most representative men. Then came on the trials for high treason.[1]
Names Associated with Living in Melbourne
John Moore - Sir John O'Shannessy - James T. Smith
Also See
- ↑ Adelaide Registrer, 29 March 1913.
