Anastasia Hayes
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Background
Born Anastasia Butler in 1817 at Castle, County Kilkenny, Ireland, her parents were Richard Butler and Ellen Baron. she married Timothy Hayes.[1] Anastasia and Timothy Hayes and their five children arrived at Melbourne on 05 October 1852 on the Mobile. She died at her son's residence at Ballarat on 06 April 1892, aged 74 years. [2]
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
It is claimed that Anastasia Withers helped to sew the Eureka Flag.[3]
Anastasia attended Lalor when his arm was mputated at Smyth's house, and threw the arm down a shaft. It was supposedly later recovered for burial by Johannes Gregorius. Anastasia was said to have sewn flag, and was the teacher at St Alipius teacher 1854.[4]
Post 1854 Experiences
After Anastasia’s death, the following was published: Afterwards I saw many of the wounded, and I did all that lay in my power to alleviate their sufferings. The sight was one that touched me very much and I shall never forget it. Many of the poor fellows were besmeared with blood and writhing in agony from some wound.[5]
Obituary
- Anastasia Hayes of 22 King st (?) which took place yesterday at her residence. The deceased lady who was 74 years of age and been ill for some weeks and died peacefully shortly before noon. Although her system had been gradually breaking for years, she retained her mental powers almost to the last and until very shortly before her death was closely observant to all that was going on around her. Mrs. Hayes took a prominent part in the most stirring times conducted with the history of Ballarat, having resided here since 1852, in October of which year she arrived in Port Phillip with her husband and 5 children. Early in 1853 she was appointed by the late Dean Dowling to the charge of the Roman Catholic school he was then establishing on the site where St Alipius church now stands. It was while Mrs Hayes held this position that the exciting events that culminated in the Eureka Stockade took place and the deceased lady was acquainted with the leaders of that movement. On the morning of the 3rd December she encountered the troops returning for the storming of the stockade and seeing her husband handcuffed between two horseman, she, at great personal risk, reached his side and forcibly remonstrated with his captors. After the commital of Mr Hayes in connection with the outbreak, although having the care of a young family, the now deceased lady attended closely on the wounded leader of the diggers and was present and assisted at the amputation of his arm, afterwards, in company with Mr McGrath, the schoolmaster, disposing of the dismembered limb in an abandoned shaft at the rear of where St Paul's Parsonage now stands. She leaves 2 sons - Mr E. Hayes of King St and Mr T. Hayes of the Victorian Railway. [6]
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
- ↑ Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
- ↑ Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
- ↑ Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
- ↑ Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
- ↑ Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
- ↑ Ballarat Star 07 April 1892.
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