DEATH OF AN AUSTRALIAN REBEL.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 8, Issue 29, 9 April 1907, Page 7

DEATH OF AN AUSTRALIAN REBEL.

The famous Eureka' stockade episode is brought to mind by the death recently of John Lynch, who, as a young man of 24, led and . drilled the pikemen who were to resist the military during the miners’ troubles of 1851, but who, owing to the sudden onset of the soldiery, never got a chance to show what they could do. The Eureka stockade episode is the only occasion on which blood his been shed in Australia as the result of civil discord. It is also, notable because for the first time the Australian Republican flag, in the shape of the Southern Cross on a bide ground, was hoisted. Peter Laloh, afterwards Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, was the leader of the rebels, and his statue to-dhy stands in Sturt-st., Ballarat. f Among the sons of John Lynch, Arthur should be mentioned, because he it was who, having fought for Boers, was subsequently returned to the Imperial Parliament for an Irish constituency. After serving a terin for treason he was at the instance of the Balfour Government, released without having to serve the full sentence. I