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| + | :The golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Arnold of Avoca (Victoria), was celebrated on Tuesday. They have resided at Avoca since 1865. They were married at Ballarat by the Rev. J. Potter (afterwards canon) in 1856, and they have 27 descendants. Mr. Arnold was in Ballarat during the Eureka riots, and assisted in removing the dead and wounded from the field. Both he and Mrs. Arnold were members of the late G. V. Brooke's company when that celebrated actor opened the theatre at the Lamplough goldfield, then a canvas town of 40,000 inhabitants, now in almost deserted, mining centre.<ref>''Barrier Miner'', 14 July 1906.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 12:33, 12 July 2013
Contents
Background
Arnold was born in the United States of America. He had been performing at the Red Hill Theatre.
He joined James McGill's Californian Rifle Brigade . He was among those who tried t take the pikeman's body away, but each time they removed the Pikeman's Dog from the cart, it returned to sit with its master.
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Post 1854 Experiences
Arthur Arnold and his family lived in Avoca since 1865. [1]
In the News
- The golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Arnold of Avoca (Victoria), was celebrated on Tuesday. They have resided at Avoca since 1865. They were married at Ballarat by the Rev. J. Potter (afterwards canon) in 1856, and they have 27 descendants. Mr. Arnold was in Ballarat during the Eureka riots, and assisted in removing the dead and wounded from the field. Both he and Mrs. Arnold were members of the late G. V. Brooke's company when that celebrated actor opened the theatre at the Lamplough goldfield, then a canvas town of 40,000 inhabitants, now in almost deserted, mining centre.[2]
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
External links
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