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==Goldfields Involvement, 1854== | ==Goldfields Involvement, 1854== | ||
| + | George Cumming was a storekeeper at Eureka and was a character witness for [[Michael Noonan]] during the latter's claim for compensation for property lost while held in custody after the [[Eureka Stockade]] battle.<ref>Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. ''The Eureka Encyclopaedia'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.</ref> | ||
==Post 1854 Experiences== | ==Post 1854 Experiences== | ||
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| + | On 13 January 1855 George Cumming gave evidence at the inquest into the death of [[James Green]].<ref>Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. ''The Eureka Encyclopaedia'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.</ref> | ||
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| + | == Notes == | ||
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| + | :A Vindication. | ||
| + | :SIR, An article having been published by the editor of the Grenville Advocates newspaper; in his issue of the charging me with having shot and wounded one John McMahon of which I was quite innocent, and of which I have since been acquitted (having been falsely imprisoned) and the editor having refused to give up the author of the calumny to render me any satisfaction by contradicting the statement complained of, I am induced to request that you will be kind enough to publish this letter together with the following certificate of character, signed by most of the respectable men residing here, and others who have known me nearly since I came into the colony, In order that my friends, acquaintances, and the public at large may not be misled by the aforesaid article - a tissue of falsehoods, I may say from beginning to end and by which the magistrate on the bench seemed to be pre judiced as he made reflections quite un warranted, my character being equally as good as his, although I do not at present occupy the position in life he does. | ||
| + | :I am, Sir, your obedient servant | ||
| + | :GEO. Cumming. | ||
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| + | :Italian Gully, Smythesdale, | ||
| + | :April, 1862. | ||
| + | :COPY | ||
| + | :This is to certify that we have known George Cumming, sometime storekeeper; [[White Flat]], Prince Regent's Sailor's Gully, Eureka, [[Bakery Hill]] and [[Magpie]] Leads, as a decent, quiet, orderly, and respectable man, for the periods opposite our respective names :- | ||
| + | :A Gartside, Italian Gully, storekeeper 2 1/2 years . | ||
| + | :William Henry Malyon, Italian Gully chemist, 2 1/2 years. | ||
| + | :Jas. Griffith, Staffordshire Reef, schoolmaster, 9 years. | ||
| + | :Gustav Hammer, Staffordshire Reef storekeeper, 4 years | ||
| + | :Joseph Landles, Staffordshire Reef, baker, 3 years. | ||
| + | :Henry Morgan, [[Smythesdale]], timber merchant, 9 1/4 years | ||
| + | :Joseph LaMotte, Smythesdale, publican, 4 years | ||
| + | :Edward Williamson, Italian Gully, butcher, 1 year. | ||
| + | :Robt Smyth, Italian Gully, storekeeper 1 1/2 years | ||
| + | :Italian Gully, 28th March, 1862.<ref>Ballarat Star, 08 April 1862.</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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| + | [[Chartism]] | ||
==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. ''The Eureka Encyclopaedia'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004. | Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. ''The Eureka Encyclopaedia'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004. | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 15:50, 8 August 2017
Contents
Background
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
George Cumming was a storekeeper at Eureka and was a character witness for Michael Noonan during the latter's claim for compensation for property lost while held in custody after the Eureka Stockade battle.[1]
Post 1854 Experiences
On 13 January 1855 George Cumming gave evidence at the inquest into the death of James Green.[2]
Notes
- A Vindication.
- SIR, An article having been published by the editor of the Grenville Advocates newspaper; in his issue of the charging me with having shot and wounded one John McMahon of which I was quite innocent, and of which I have since been acquitted (having been falsely imprisoned) and the editor having refused to give up the author of the calumny to render me any satisfaction by contradicting the statement complained of, I am induced to request that you will be kind enough to publish this letter together with the following certificate of character, signed by most of the respectable men residing here, and others who have known me nearly since I came into the colony, In order that my friends, acquaintances, and the public at large may not be misled by the aforesaid article - a tissue of falsehoods, I may say from beginning to end and by which the magistrate on the bench seemed to be pre judiced as he made reflections quite un warranted, my character being equally as good as his, although I do not at present occupy the position in life he does.
- I am, Sir, your obedient servant
- GEO. Cumming.
- Italian Gully, Smythesdale,
- April, 1862.
- COPY
- This is to certify that we have known George Cumming, sometime storekeeper; White Flat, Prince Regent's Sailor's Gully, Eureka, Bakery Hill and Magpie Leads, as a decent, quiet, orderly, and respectable man, for the periods opposite our respective names :-
- A Gartside, Italian Gully, storekeeper 2 1/2 years .
- William Henry Malyon, Italian Gully chemist, 2 1/2 years.
- Jas. Griffith, Staffordshire Reef, schoolmaster, 9 years.
- Gustav Hammer, Staffordshire Reef storekeeper, 4 years
- Joseph Landles, Staffordshire Reef, baker, 3 years.
- Henry Morgan, Smythesdale, timber merchant, 9 1/4 years
- Joseph LaMotte, Smythesdale, publican, 4 years
- Edward Williamson, Italian Gully, butcher, 1 year.
- Robt Smyth, Italian Gully, storekeeper 1 1/2 years
- Italian Gully, 28th March, 1862.[3]
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
External links
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