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==See also==

Revision as of 17:01, 2 December 2013

Ratttray Headstone, Ballaarat Old Cemetery, 2013. Photpgraphy: Clare Gervasoni


Background

David Rattray was born at Kinsfauns, Perthshire, Scotland. He sailed to Australia on the Mangerton in 1852 and first settled at Ballarat.[1]

Rattray was married to Catherine. He died on 04 January and was buried in the Ballaarat Old Cemetery along with his wife, Catehrine, and their son Robert.

Goldfields Involvement, 1854

Post 1854 Experiences

A miner who signed the Benden Sherritt Hassell Compensation Case Petition in 1855. [2]

See also

Further Reading

Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.


References

  1. Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
  2. Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.

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