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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
Jane Cumming nee Sweet
Martin Harvey, born Penzance, Cornwall
John Lean, born Cornwall
Samuel Lukeis, born 1831
Richard Polkinghorne, born Sithney, Cornwall
Robert Serjeant, born Cornwall
Joseph Simmonds, born Cornwall
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.
