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| + | Charles Kenworthy born on 6 January 1825 in Philadelphia, [[United States of America]]. He graduated from Pennsylvania Medical College in 1846. Emigrating on the Panama he arrived in Victoria on 8 June 1853. Kenworthy married Annie, daughter of John Hepburn in 1869. Charles, a member of the Athenaeum Club in Melbourne, died on 25 March 1891 at St Kilda, and was buried later the same day at [[St Kilda Cemetery]] (Presbyterian A 143), although his death does not appear to have been registered until 1897. His mother had been buried in the same cemetery plot after her death in 1884. | ||
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| + | He was an intermediary for the Americans taken at the storming of the [[Eureka Stockade]]. He helped organise the release of American miner [[Charles Ferguson]]. | ||
| + | On 23 December 1854 Dr Kenworthy gave evidence to the Commission on the Chinese in Victoria describing the Chinese as ‘the greatest nuisance on the diggings’ adding that ‘I think they are sober and industrious and quiet, but I am satisfied from personal observation, that they are a set of thieves’. On 16 July 1856 he was elected Honorary Surgeon at the Ballarat Hospital – at that time he had rooms on Sebastopol Hill. Kenworthy was also a popular lecturer at the Mechanics’ Institute, the first President of the Ballarat Horticultural Society in 1859, and the inventor of some mining equipment. | ||
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Contents
Background
Charles Kenworthy born on 6 January 1825 in Philadelphia, United States of America. He graduated from Pennsylvania Medical College in 1846. Emigrating on the Panama he arrived in Victoria on 8 June 1853. Kenworthy married Annie, daughter of John Hepburn in 1869. Charles, a member of the Athenaeum Club in Melbourne, died on 25 March 1891 at St Kilda, and was buried later the same day at St Kilda Cemetery (Presbyterian A 143), although his death does not appear to have been registered until 1897. His mother had been buried in the same cemetery plot after her death in 1884.
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
He was an intermediary for the Americans taken at the storming of the Eureka Stockade. He helped organise the release of American miner Charles Ferguson.
On 23 December 1854 Dr Kenworthy gave evidence to the Commission on the Chinese in Victoria describing the Chinese as ‘the greatest nuisance on the diggings’ adding that ‘I think they are sober and industrious and quiet, but I am satisfied from personal observation, that they are a set of thieves’. On 16 July 1856 he was elected Honorary Surgeon at the Ballarat Hospital – at that time he had rooms on Sebastopol Hill. Kenworthy was also a popular lecturer at the Mechanics’ Institute, the first President of the Ballarat Horticultural Society in 1859, and the inventor of some mining equipment.
Post 1854 Experiences
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
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