The Eureka Jack Mystery relates to the reported flying of two rebel battle flags during the Eureka Rebellion in 1854. Since 2009, various theories have emerged, based on the Argus account of the fall of the Eureka Stockade, and the affidavit of Private Hugh King dated four days after the battle that mentions a flag being seized from a prisoner detained at the stockade, concerning whether a Union Jack, known as the Eureka Jack was also flown along with the Eureka Flag.
The Eureka Jack Mystery relates to the reported flying of two rebel battle flags during the Eureka Rebellion in 1854. Since 2009, various theories have emerged, based on the Argus account of the fall of the Eureka Stockade, and the affidavit of Private Hugh King dated four days after the battle that mentions a flag being seized from a prisoner detained at the stockade, concerning whether a Union Jack, known as the Eureka Jack was also flown along with the Eureka Flag.
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