Samuel Huyghue
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Background
Samuel Douglas Smith Huyghue was from Canada. He died on 24 July 1891 aged 76, and was buried at Boroondara Cemetery on 27 July 1891. Emma Sophia Hyghue, Samuel Doughlas Huygue are buried in the same grave.[1]
On 27 August 1853 Huyghue was appointed Clerk of the Office of Mines, Ballarat. He remained in that position until his retirement in 1878.[2]
Huyghue was a skilled draughtsman[3], and left a number of important images and plans relating to the Eureka Stockade.
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Samuel Douglas Huyghue who was the clerk of the Government Camp in 1854-5.[4] He drew the plan of attack on the Eureka Stockade. Huyghue wrote a diary which was used for his reminiscences. He described the path taken by the troops on 03 December 1854:
- ... at first curving well up under Black Hill and then striking a more direct course towards the rebel stronghold ... . Pursuing their course now without further interruption they descended into a ravine and following up a shallow gully leading therefrom and separating the Free Trade Hotel from Stockyard Hill, arrived close to the hotel and within 200 yards of the enemy's position.
- The stronghold was placed where the diggers had commences sinking ... . The general lay of it was on a gentle slop leading up to and bordering the Melbourne Road, beyond which the ground fell away again more abruptly in an opposite direction, rugged with deserted working and studded with tents. The irregular enclosure comprised about an acre ...
Post 1854 Experiences
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
- ↑ http://www.kewcemetery.com.au/FindGrave.aspx, accessed 24 March 2013 by Kathleen Gervasoni
- ↑ Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/ArtGalleryBallarat/photos/a.250434721648290.68255.191066837585079/919390558086033/?type=1&fref=nf, accessed 20/01/2014.
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/ArtGalleryBallarat/photos/a.250434721648290.68255.191066837585079/919390558086033/?type=1&fref=nf, accessed 20/01/2014.
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/ArtGalleryBallarat/photos/a.250434721648290.68255.191066837585079/919390558086033/?type=1&fref=nf, accessed 20/01/2014.