Cornwall

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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

Thomas Phillips, born Launceston

Richard Polkinghorne, born Sithney, Cornwall

Robert Serjeant, born Cornwall

Joseph Simmonds, born Cornwall

George Stephens, born St. Austell, Cornwall

James Woolcock, born Truro


Also See

England

References

  1. ↑ Eureka - A Multicultural Event by Dorothy Wickham and Clare Gervasoni, http://www.ballaratheritage.com.au/articles/nationalities.html, accessed 27 March 2013.
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