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− | There is reference to a cemetery between Sinclair's and Clayton's Hill, at an East Borough Meeting. This was around the time of the Eureka reinterments of Captain Ross, James Brown, Thonen and Tom the Blacksmith. <ref>''The Star'', 6 January 1858</ref> | + | There is reference to a cemetery between Sinclair's and Clayton's Hill, at an East Borough Meeting. This was around the time of the Eureka reinterments of Captain Ross, James Brown, Thonen and Tom the Blacksmith. <ref>''The Star'', 6 January 1858; Margaret McKenna notes</ref> |
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+ | [[Charles Phillips]] recalled: 'We arrived in Ballarat on 20th August 1852 and camped in and 8x6 ft tent on Clayton’s Hill named after David Clayton an American who after working at his trade as a cooper making tubs, cradles &c for the diggers for some time returned to his native land'.<ref>Ballarat City Council Correspondence, 1920, VPRS 2500, PROV, BAC. Transcribed by Dorothy Wickham.</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:32, 7 April 2020
There is reference to a cemetery between Sinclair's and Clayton's Hill, at an East Borough Meeting. This was around the time of the Eureka reinterments of Captain Ross, James Brown, Thonen and Tom the Blacksmith. [1]
Charles Phillips recalled: 'We arrived in Ballarat on 20th August 1852 and camped in and 8x6 ft tent on Clayton’s Hill named after David Clayton an American who after working at his trade as a cooper making tubs, cradles &c for the diggers for some time returned to his native land'.[2]