Catherine Bentley
Contents
Background
Catherine Sherwin was born in 1831 in County Sligo, Ireland. ref>Wright, Claire, Labour Pains: Towards a Female Perspective on the birth of Australian Democracy IN Reappraising an Australian Legend, edited by Alan Mayne, Perth, Network Books, 2007.</ref> Both Catherine and her sister, Mary, were educated and sailed to Australia as free emigrants in 1850, and married soon after their their arrival in the Colony. ref>Wright, Claire, Labour Pains: Towards a Female Perspective on the birth of Australian Democracy IN Reappraising an Australian Legend, edited by Alan Mayne, Perth, Network Books, 2007.</ref> Catherine married James Bentley at St Peter's Anglican Church, Melbourne, in April 1852. ref>Wright, Claire, Labour Pains: Towards a Female Perspective on the birth of Australian Democracy IN Reappraising an Australian Legend, edited by Alan Mayne, Perth, Network Books, 2007.</ref>
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Post 1854 Experiences
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
Wright, Claire, Labour Pains: Towards a Female Perspective on the birth of Australian Democracy IN Reappraising an Australian Legend, edited by Alan Mayne, Perth, Network Books, 2007.
References
External links
- ↑ Wright, Claire, Labour Pains: Towards a Female Perspective on the birth of Australian Democracy IN Reappraising an Australian Legend, edited by Alan Mayne, Perth, Network Books, 2007.
