Eureka Australia’s main current research project is to establish the location of the gravesites of the 13 Treason Trial Rebels charged by the authoritarian Victorian Government after the December 1854 Eureka Stockade attack.
The 13 Rebels charged with high treason were Timothy Hayes, James McFie Campbell, James Beattie, Jacob Sorenson, John Manning, John Phelan, Thomas Dignum, John Joseph, Raffaello Carboni, William Molloy, Jan Vennik, Michael Tuohy, and Henry Reed.
They were all acquitted by Supreme Court Juries in individual trails from January to March 1855Eureka Australia is committed to perpetuating the legacy of the Eureka Stockade through advocacy and events which remind our country of how their hard-won democracy was formed and its continued influence today. We want to remind people of the importance of being part of a society founded on egalitarianism and freedom.
There were some 120 men and women inside the defensive Eureka Stockade on Sunday December 3, 1854 when they were attacked and slaughtered by the Army and Police.
The contribution of these people to the development of democracy in Australia warrants recognition and celebration. We would like to recognise the 13 who were put on trial for their lives with a plaque for their gravesites honouring their courageous roles in the important story of the Eureka Stockade.
There are five graves which have plaques on them referring to the Eureka Stockade:
John Joseph (Bendigo, James Beattie (Ballan), John Phelan (Nagambie), Michael Tuohy (Terang) and Timothy Hayes (Melb General Cemetery)
The US government through the American Embassy and Ambassador Carolyn Kennedy conducted a ceremony two years ago to mark the general location of John Joseph’s unmarked gravesite at the White Hills site in Bendigo. John Joseph was an African American and the first to be acquitted.
We have now found Raeffaello Carboni’s gravesite. He was a leader of the Rebels and was a prolific writer and most fortunately wrote the book ‘The Eureka Stockade’, only a year after the rebellion. Much of what we know about the Rebellion is due to the writings of Raffaello Carboni. His remains are in an ossuary in the Verona Monumental Cemetery, in Rome. We are in a discussion with management of that cemetery to have a plaque installed in Raffaello’s honour.
Thomas Dignum’s grave is nearly identified, with the final task to contact family to have a plaque installed. Henry Reed and William Molloy are likely buried in Australia. John Manning (USA), Jan Vennik (UK or Netherlands), Jacob Sorenson and James McFie Campbell are likely buried overseas.
We are looking for help and contributions for the research needed to locate these remaining sites. Eureka Australia has contributed $5000. Your support will assist this extraordinary chapter in the development of our democracy to become better understood and ensure that the courageous stand taken at Eureka by all, but particularly by these men, is honoured appropriately.
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Eureka Australia’s main current research project is to establish the location of the gravesites of the 13 Treason Trial Rebels charged by the authoritarian Victorian Government after the December 1854 Eureka Stockade attack.
The 13 Rebels charged with high treason were Timothy Hayes, James McFie Campbell, James Beattie, Jacob Sorenson, John Manning, John Phelan, Thomas Dignum, John Joseph, Raffaello Carboni, William Molloy, Jan Vennik, Michael Tuohy, and Henry Reed.
They were all acquitted by Supreme Court Juries in individual trails from January to March 1855Eureka Australia is committed to perpetuating the legacy of the Eureka Stockade through advocacy and events which remind our country of how their hard-won democracy was formed and its continued influence today. We want to remind people of the importance of being part of a society founded on egalitarianism and freedom.
There were some 120 men and women inside the defensive Eureka Stockade on Sunday December 3, 1854 when they were attacked and slaughtered by the Army and Police.
The contribution of these people to the development of democracy in Australia warrants recognition and celebration. We would like to recognise the 13 who were put on trial for their lives with a plaque for their gravesites honouring their courageous roles in the important story of the Eureka Stockade.
There are five graves which have plaques on them referring to the Eureka Stockade:
John Joseph (Bendigo, James Beattie (Ballan), John Phelan (Nagambie), Michael Tuohy (Terang) and Timothy Hayes (Melb General Cemetery)
The US government through the American Embassy and Ambassador Carolyn Kennedy conducted a ceremony two years ago to mark the general location of John Joseph’s unmarked gravesite at the White Hills site in Bendigo. John Joseph was an African American and the first to be acquitted.
We have now found Raeffaello Carboni’s gravesite. He was a leader of the Rebels and was a prolific writer and most fortunately wrote the book ‘The Eureka Stockade’, only a year after the rebellion. Much of what we know about the Rebellion is due to the writings of Raffaello Carboni. His remains are in an ossuary in the Verona Monumental Cemetery, in Rome. We are in a discussion with management of that cemetery to have a plaque installed in Raffaello’s honour.
Thomas Dignum’s grave is nearly identified, with the final task to contact family to have a plaque installed. Henry Reed and William Molloy are likely buried in Australia. John Manning (USA), Jan Vennik (UK or Netherlands), Jacob Sorenson and James McFie Campbell are likely buried overseas.
We are looking for help and contributions for the research needed to locate these remaining sites. Eureka Australia has contributed $5000. Your support will assist this extraordinary chapter in the development of our democracy to become better understood and ensure that the courageous stand taken at Eureka by all, but particularly by these men, is honoured appropriately.
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Yes, as soon as your donation is processed.
