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John King
Born	(1830-02-05)5 February 1830 Tumurah, County Down, Ireland
Died	23 October 1881 Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia
Burial place	Dunmunkle Cemetery, Minyip
Known for	Seizing the Eureka Flag

Eureka Rebellion
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Eureka Stockade Riot by John Black Henderson (1854)
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Origins Australian gold rushes Chartism Revolutions of 1848 Thomas Hiscock Victorian gold rush
Ideologies Chartism and the Eureka Rebellion Loyalism and the Eureka Rebellion Republicanism and the Eureka Rebellion White nationalism and the Eureka Rebellion
The Eureka Rebellion Anti-Gold Licence Association Ballarat Reform League Bendigo Petition Charles Doudiet Charles La Trobe Charles Pasley (engineer) Edward Thonen Eureka Flag Eureka Stockade (fortification) Forest Creek Monster Meeting Fredrick Vern Henry Ross James Scobie John Basson Humffray John King (police officer) List of colonial forces in the Eureka Rebellion List of detainees at the Eureka Stockade List of Eureka Stockade defenders List of military leaders in the Eureka Rebellion Miner's licence Nationalities at the Eureka Stockade Peter Lalor Pikeman's dog Robert Nickle (British Army officer) Robert William Rede Captain Henry Christopher Wise Sir Charles Hotham Suffolk Regiment Vexillology of the Eureka Rebellion William Edward Atherden William Wright (Australian politician) 40th (the 2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot
High Treason trials Archibald Michie Butler Cole Aspinall Henry Samuel Chapman Henry Seekamp John Joseph (rebel) John Manning (journalist) Raffaello Carboni Sir Redmond Barry William à Beckett William Stawell 1855 Victorian high treason trials
Legacy Australian nationalism Eureka Jack Mystery Eureka Rebellion in popular culture Eureka Stockade Memorial Park Eureka Stockade Monument The Eureka Stockade (1855 novel) Eureka Stockade (1907 film) Eureka Stockade (1949 film) Eureka Stockade (miniseries) William Bramwell Withers Len Fox
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John King (1830-1881) was a police constable at the Battle of the Eureka Stockade who was responsible for seizing the rebel war flag.