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Charles Doudiet (1832 - June 13, 1913) was a Canadian artist and digger present at the Eureka Stockade, Ballarat, Australia, in 1854. His sketchbook, discovered by his descendants in 1996, has provided contemporary images of events connected to the Eureka Stockade, that were important for the authentication of the original Eureka Flag. June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining. ...
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The Eureka Flag The Eureka Stockade was a miners revolt in 1854 in Victoria, Australia against the officials supervising the gold-mining region of Ballarat due to many reasons, including heavily priced mining items and the expense of a digging license. ...
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The Eureka Flag The Eureka Flag was flown for the first time on Bakery Hill, Ballarat, Australia as a symbol of the resistance of the gold miners during the Eureka Stockade rebellion. ...
At the age of twelve Charles Doudiet migrated from Switzerland to Canada in 1844. His father, Reverend Jacques-Frederic Doudiet, worked with the French Canadian Missionary Society, a job that required much travelling which Jacques-Frederic Doudiet documented in a series of sketchbooks.
When the twenty year old Charles Doudiet left his home in Belle Riviere near Montreal in Canada, like his father he carried a sketchbook to document his travels. By riverboat, train, then the clipper Magnolia, Doudiet travelled to Melbourne Australia, attracted by the Victorian Gold Rush. City motto: Concordia Salus (Latin: Well-being through harmony) Province Quebec Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area - % water 500. ...
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On the diggings at Ballarat Doudiet continued to document events, including the burning of Bentley's Pub on 17 October, 1854.
 Bakery Hill on December 1, 1854: Swearing Allegiance to the "Southern Cross" Swearing Allegiance to the "Southern Cross" is an important historical work because it documents the meeting on Bakery Hill on December 1, 1854. Prior to the discovery of the sketchbook, there was no certain proof that the flag held by the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery was the original flag, as there were several different southern cross flag designs used on the gold fields at that time.
Eureka Slaughter shows the troops lined up attacking the stockade on December 3, 1854. Accompanying the sketch is a descriptive passage with the footnote: "Joyce, Penny and Fletcher along with myself carried Ross to the Star where he died in great pain at about 2am on the 5th". This refers to fellow Canadian Captain Henry Ross, whom many believe to be the Eureka Flag's designer, who was carried to the Star Hotel after he was mortally wounded in the battle at dawn on December 3, 1854. Captain Henry Ross, in a photo displayed by the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery Captain Henry Ross (1829 - 5 December 1854) was a Canadian gold miner at Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, and was known on the goldfields as the bridegroom of the miners flag, the Southern Cross, the Eureka Flag. ...
Doudiet's Melbourne sketchbook ends in 1855, and soon after Doudiet returned to Canada and married in March 1857. After several years, he studied theology at Queen’s College, Kingston Ontario, and was ordained as a minister in Montreal in 1869. He served several congregations in Canada before dieing in Hollowell, Massachusetts, on 13 June 1913.
After descendents found Doudiet's sketchbook in an attic in 1996, it was put up for sale by auction at Christies. Money was raised by the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery who purchased the sketchbook to add to the historical collection connected to Ballarat and the Eureka Stockade.
See also The Eureka Flag The Eureka Flag was flown for the first time on Bakery Hill, Ballarat, Australia as a symbol of the resistance of the gold miners during the Eureka Stockade rebellion. ...
The Eureka Flag The Eureka Stockade was a miners revolt in 1854 in Victoria, Australia against the officials supervising the gold-mining region of Ballarat due to many reasons, including heavily priced mining items and the expense of a digging license. ...
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