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Revision as of 20:11, 18 August 2017
Many Cornish miners immigrated to South Australia before the discovery of gold where they worked at Burra and other mining towns. The discovery of gold in Victoria in 1851 lured many Cornish miners to Victoria, both from South Australia and Cornwall.[1]
Thomas Bath, born Truro, Cornwall
John Brewer, baptised 15 September 1832 at St Minver, Cornwall
P. Caddy, born Constantine
Jane Cumming nee Sweet
Peter Ellis born St Just. Lived in Boscaswell Row.
Martin Harvey, born Penzance, Cornwall
John Lean, born Cornwall
Samuel Lukeis, born 1831
John Penaluna St Just
Charles Phillips, Born St Ives
Thomas Phillips, born Launceston
Richard Polkinghorne, born Sithney, Cornwall
Robert Serjeant, born Cornwall
Joseph Simmonds, born Cornwall
George Stephens, born St. Austell, Cornwall
John Tonkin, born Cornwall
James Wearne St Just
James Woolcock, born Truro
Also See
References
- ↑ Eureka - A Multicultural Event by Dorothy Wickham and Clare Gervasoni, http://www.ballaratheritage.com.au/articles/nationalities.html, accessed 27 March 2013.
