Difference between revisions of "Cornwall"

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[[Thomas Bath]], born Truro, Cornwall
 
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[[Jane Cumming]] nee Sweet
  
 
[[Samuel Lukeis]], born 1831.
 
[[Samuel Lukeis]], born 1831.

Revision as of 12:39, 25 May 2014

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Courtesy Ballarat Heritage Services.

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

Jane Cumming nee Sweet

Samuel Lukeis, born 1831.


References

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