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The following is a list of some men who appeared as witnesses against men who where arrested during,and after,the insurrection held in the Eureka Stockade on 3rd Decemeber 1854 at Ballarat in Victoria,Aust.
The information was supplied to the ARGUS newspaper of the time by a special correspondent who was writing about the occurrences at Ballarat.
The men arrested,between the 6th and 10th December 1854, were not brought before the Police Court of Ballarat until Martial law had been declared

POLICE PROCEEDINGS.

The Police Court proceedings where to determine whether the men arrested should be committed for trial.

"The court met about 10 am,Mr Sturt presided, and Mr Smith and Mr Webster sat with him.Mr Hackett was in court but did not take his seat on the bench and interfered little with the proceedings of the court. The Public,in whose presence the examination was conducted, consisted of two representatives of the Melbourne Morning Herald ,two from the Argus,two solicitors and a few officers of the military and police forces, also Mr J H Dunne, the barrister and a number of soldiers and constables, the admission of the general public to the camp being strictly prohibited, and the parties being admitted only by special order"

Mr Hackett suggested that a placard with a list of the parties, whose cases should come to trial, should be affixed to a tree in the camp and each new case called should be annouonced so that the anxiety of relatives be allayed and the witnesses might be on the alert.

Atkins - Thomas
Anderson - George

Badcock - John
Bellairs - Eugene
Burr - Thomas
Byford - George

Carter - Charles Jeff
Carruthers - Thomas
Cooper - W.H
Copack - Leonard
Cossac-?
Cuckan - John?

Dalgleish - William
Doherty - John
Donelly - John

Fleming - William
Foster - Inspector
Furnell - Samuel.J

Gaunt - James Richardson.
Gillman - John
Goodenough - Henry

Gour - James

Hackett - Mr
Hagherty[Higgerty] - Daniel
Hall - Lt

King - Hugh
King - John

Langley - Thos .E
Lawlor - Michael
Lynot - Patrick

Milne - Thomas
Morgan - Broadley Thos
Murrell - William

OKeefe - Patrick

Pennihman - John
Penrose - Joseph
Peters - Andrew
Perry - Henry

Raynor - Joseph
Richards - Thos .B
Richardson - William
Rielly - Patrick
Rival[Revel]-William
Rowan - James

Sullivan - John

Thompson - William

Viret - Edward

Wearne - James
White - John Mordan

I would suggest for further reading:

"Eureka,from the Official Records"
compiled by Ian McPharlane, Senior Archivist at the Public Records Office ,Victoria.

"The Eureka Stockade" by Raffaello Carboni - his account of the rebellion.

"Massacre at Eureka" by Bob OBrian

"Our Own Little Rebellion" by Henry Gyles Turner

"Deaths at Eureka" by Dorothy Wickham

Also the Ballarat & District Genealogical Society have a extensive collection of information - Article, Links etc.

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