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    John Basson Humffray (17 April 1824 – 18 March 1891) was a leading advocate in the movement of miner reform process in the British colony of Victoria,...
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    the ascendancy over those who advocated "moral force", including John Basson Humffray, after a judicial enquiry into the murder of miner James Scobie outside...
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    the ascendancy over those who advocated "moral force", including John Basson Humffray, after a judicial enquiry into the murder of miner James Scobie outside...
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    November on Bakery Hill, the Ballarat Reform League was formed, with John Basson Humffray (a Welshman) as its first secretary, and Peter Lalor, Frederic Vern...
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    miners who had been wrongly imprisoned for burning down the hotel. John Basson Humffray was elected secretary of the League. He urged civil disobedience...
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    November in the name of the Ballarat Reform League that was signed by John Basson Humffray, Fredrick Vern, Henry Ross and Samuel Irwin of the Geelong Advertiser...
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    Lalor, Thomas Lalor, Catherine Lalor, Margrett Ellen Lalor, Jerome Lalor, John Lalor and William A. Lalor Sr., of whom Peter was the youngest. The eldest...
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    Vern John Foster (Australian politician) Henry Christopher Wise Henry Richard Nicholls Henry Ross Henry Seekamp James Scobie John Basson Humffray John King...
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    Retrieved 7 February 2008. Charlton, John, The Chartists: The First National Workers' Movement (1997) David Williams, John Frost: a study in Chartism (1969)...
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    prosecuted. He gave them an amnesty; but not quite all, the African American John Joseph was abandoned by Hotham and American officials. The prisoners appealed...
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    Hargraves, accompanied by John Lister, found five specks of alluvial gold at Ophir near Orange in February 1851. In April 1851, John Lister and William Tom...
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    After the rebellion was quashed, Nicholls and his brother joined John Basson Humffray in petitioning Governor Charles La Trobe for an amnesty for the rebels...
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    has been speculated some of the offending articles were written by either John Manning, George Lang, the embezzling bank manager whose father was the prominent...
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    Vern John Foster (Australian politician) Henry Christopher Wise Henry Richard Nicholls Henry Ross Henry Seekamp James Scobie John Basson Humffray John King...
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    Kilworth, County Cork, Ireland, and his wife Phoebe Drought, daughter of John Armstrong Drought and Letita Head. Barry had five brothers and six sisters...
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    Stockade, a three-act opera with music by Roberto Hazon and a libretto by John Picton-Warlow and Carlo Stransky, was completed in 1988. Eureka! The Musical...
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    self-published memoirs. The following year, for the second anniversary, veteran John Lynch gave a speech as several hundred people gathered at the Eureka lead...
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    nationalist sentiment. Amongst its leaders was the Welsh-born Chartist John Basson Humffray, one of a significant group of immigrants that came over from Wales...
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    John Joseph or John Josephs was an gold miner who participated in the battle of the Eureka Stockade in 1854. An African American expatriate, little is...
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    as the routed garrison was fleeing the stockade. Once taken by Constable John King, the Eureka Flag was placed beneath his tunic in the same fashion as...
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    night. The location of the stockade has been described by Eureka veteran John Lynch as "appalling from a defensive point of view" as it was situated on...
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    Vern John Foster (Australian politician) Henry Christopher Wise Henry Richard Nicholls Henry Ross Henry Seekamp James Scobie John Basson Humffray John King...
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    Vern John Foster (Australian politician) Henry Christopher Wise Henry Richard Nicholls Henry Ross Henry Seekamp James Scobie John Basson Humffray John King...
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    Vern John Foster (Australian politician) Henry Christopher Wise Henry Richard Nicholls Henry Ross Henry Seekamp James Scobie John Basson Humffray John King...
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    John Manning (died 1868) was a New Zealand journalist, Irish nationalist, newspaper proprietor and newspaper editor. He was born in Ireland. Vaney, Neil...
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    manpower the regiment remained under strength. It was at this time that Captain John Winslow first took command of a Philipp's regiment at Annapolis Royal, after...
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    Frederick Vern, who had apparently received instruction in military methods. John Lynch wrote that his "military learning comprehended the whole system of...
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    ultimately made their last stand, there was a clash, where a drummer boy, John Egan and several other members of the convoy were attacked by a mob looking...
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    Vern John Foster (Australian politician) Henry Christopher Wise Henry Richard Nicholls Henry Ross Henry Seekamp James Scobie John Basson Humffray John King...
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    John King (1830-1881) was a police constable at the Battle of the Eureka Stockade who was responsible for seizing the rebel war flag. Born in the parish...
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