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Excerpt from The History of Ballarat: From the First Pastoral Settlement to the Present Time The Last Digger Hunt. -collision between the Diggers and Military and Police. -southern Cross Flag again. - Lalor and his Companions Armed, kneel, and swear Mutual Defence. - Irwin's Account. - Carboni Raffaello. - His Pictures of the Times and the Mam - More Troops Arrive. - The Diggers Extend their Organisation Under Arms. - Lalor Commander ln-chief. - Forage and Impressment Parties. - Original Documents. Shots Fired from the Camp - The Stockade Formed. - Narrative of a Government Oficer in the Camp. - Attack by the Military and Taking of the Stockade. - Various Accounts of the Time. - Rafi'aello's Description. Other Tragic Pictures. - First Stone House. - Bank of Victoria Fortified. - A Soldier's Story. - List of the Killed. - Burials. - Rewards Offered for the Insurgent Leaders. - Their Hiding and Escape - Charge Against A. P. Akehurst. - Proclamation of Martial Law - Feeling in Melbourne Foster's Resignation. - Deputation of Diggers. - Humfi'ray Arrested Vote of Thanks to the Troops. - Legislative Council's Address to the Governor. - His Reply. - Prisoners at the Ballarat Police Court. - Royal Commission of Enquiry -trial and Acquittal of the State Prisoners. Humfiray. -lalor'a and his Captain's Hiding Place and Peculiarities. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.