The Pikeman's Dog - Eureka, Vic, Australia
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S 37° 33.934 E 143° 53.020
54H E 754692 N 5838474
A sculpture in recognition of a dog's devotion to it's master
Waymark Code: WM1601G
Location: Victoria, Australia
Date Posted: 04/03/2022
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The Pikeman`s Dog (known as Wee Jock), a little terrier, showed great devotion and bravery at the death of his master at the Eureka Stockade on 3 December 1854. As a result of the attack on the miners by Crown forces, five British soldiers and some thirty miners died. Among the miners lay a Pikeman, mortally wounded with some 15 wounds. Guarding his body throughout the hours it lay unclaimed at the battlefield, and later accompanying it on the death cart as the remaining bodies were transferred to the cemetery, was this small dog. According to reports the dog howled continuously and could not be separated from his master. The dog was awarded the RSPCA`s Purple Cross which Honours exceptional behaviour in serving humans in 1997.
The sculpture unveiled on December 3rd 1999, the Anniversary of the Eureka Stockade Rebellion, in Ballarat, Victoria commemorates the Pikeman's Dog .
Breed: Terrier
Date Built: December 3rd 1999
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