Graham Berry
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Background
Graham Berry was born on 28 August 1822 at London, England. He and his first wife, Harriet Mary Berry, arrived in Victoria on the Marlborough in 1852.
Died on 25 January 1904 aged 82 and was buried at Boroondara Cemetery on 27 January 1904. In the same grave is Rebecca Berry, buried 08 May 1909 aged 56. Also, Archer John Berry who was buried 16 December 1930, aged 58.[1]
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Berry was a member of the Ballarat Reform League and supported Chartism before emigrating to the Colony of Victoria. In 1854 Berry sat on one of the juries which acquitted the Eureka rebels, and next year became secretary of the Prahran Reform League.[2]
Post 1854 Experiences
Graham Berry became the 11th Premier of Victoria.
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J., Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
- ↑ http://www.kewcemetery.com.au/FindGrave.aspx, accessed 24 March 2012 by Kathleen Gervasoni
- ↑ Geoffrey Bartlett, 'Berry, Sir Graham (1822–1904)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/berry-sir-graham-2984/text4355, published first in hardcopy 1969, accessed online 8 June 2019.
External links
http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/oshanassy-sir-john-4347/text7059
