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| − | Commissioner Francis Doveton arrived at Golden Point on 19 September 1851. | + | Commissioner Francis Crossman Doveton, along with Assistan Commissioner Armstrong, arrived at Golden Point on 19 September 1851 with a team of troopers. Doveton was assisted by Captain [[William Dana]] and his police troopers. |
Lieutenant Doveton is buried in an unmarked grave in the Catholic section of the [[St Kilda Cemetery]]. <ref>Eidleson, Meyer, ''Walks in Port Phillip'', City of Port Phillip, 2001.</ref> | Lieutenant Doveton is buried in an unmarked grave in the Catholic section of the [[St Kilda Cemetery]]. <ref>Eidleson, Meyer, ''Walks in Port Phillip'', City of Port Phillip, 2001.</ref> | ||
| − | Margaret, the daughter of Francis Doveton is buried in an unmarked grave at [[St Kilda Cemetery]]. She was the daughter of Lieutenant Doveton of the 51st Regiment Queens Own, the first goldfields commissioner in | + | Margaret, the daughter of Francis Doveton is buried in an unmarked grave at [[St Kilda Cemetery]]. She was the daughter of Lieutenant Doveton of the 51st Regiment Queens Own, the first goldfields commissioner in Victoria who played a leading role in the conflict at [[Eureka Stockade]].<ref>Eidleson, Meyer, ''Walks in Port Phillip'', City of Port Phillip, 2001.</ref> |
| − | Victoria who played a leading role in the conflict at [[Eureka Stockade]].<ref>Eidleson, Meyer, ''Walks in Port Phillip'', City of Port Phillip, 2001.</ref> | ||
==Goldfields Involvement, 1854== | ==Goldfields Involvement, 1854== | ||
Revision as of 15:22, 30 March 2020
Contents
Background
Commissioner Francis Crossman Doveton, along with Assistan Commissioner Armstrong, arrived at Golden Point on 19 September 1851 with a team of troopers. Doveton was assisted by Captain William Dana and his police troopers.
Lieutenant Doveton is buried in an unmarked grave in the Catholic section of the St Kilda Cemetery. [1]
Margaret, the daughter of Francis Doveton is buried in an unmarked grave at St Kilda Cemetery. She was the daughter of Lieutenant Doveton of the 51st Regiment Queens Own, the first goldfields commissioner in Victoria who played a leading role in the conflict at Eureka Stockade.[2]
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Post 1854 Experiences
- AN OLD COLONIST.
- Mr. Francis Crossman Doveton, whose portrait we give in our illustrations, was the first gold commissioner in Victoria. He was appointed to Ballarat in August, 1851, filling a similar office upon various gold fields for nine years. He arrived with his regiment, the 51st K.O.L.I., in Sydney, in 1838. Mr. Doveton was a son of the Rev. John Frederick Doveton, of Endon Hall, County Northampton. Before leaving Eng land, when at Sandhurst, in 1834, he was one of ten students chosen to give an exhibition of horsemanship before King William IV, his Queen Adelaide and the then Princess Victoria. This accomplishment he retained, and when with his regiment in the early forties in Tasmania won many races. The gift of horsemanship may be said to have been inherited by more than one of his grandchildren, who are constantly seen on the polo ground and as amateurs in the saddle. The veteran colonist is 86 years of age next October. He has all senses perfect, and is living in Prahran. He frequently walks to Brighton to see his old friend and comrade Colonel Mair.[3]
William Mair Victoria and Riverina - a biographical record of some of the pioneer families of Victoria and the Riverina. McCarron, Bird, Melbourne, 1933.
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
