Daniel Brophy
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Background
Brophy was an Irish Nationalist who first dug for gold at Bendigo and Taradale. He was a Knight of the Order of St George, mining manager, mining Investor and hotelkeeper.
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Post 1854 Experiences
Brophy signed a Petition of householders of Ballaarat requesting the establishment of a Municipality in 1855. He was a shareholder in Ballarat’s Band of Hope Mine in 1866, and ran the British Hotel. Brophy was living at Ballarat in the 1880s. He was a member of the Ballarat Old Colonists' Association, and a member of the Legislative assembly between 1877 and 1883, and Mayor of Ballaarat in 1875-1876.
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
- ↑ Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
External links
Citation Details: Gervasoni, Clare, ‘Daniel Brophy', Eurekapedia, http://eurekapedia.org, accessed [insert date]
