Henry Holyoake
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Background
Henry Thomas Groves Holyoake was the brother of George Holyoake. Henry was born on 19 March 1831, and was baptised at St Martin, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. He was known for his involvement in Chartism, and his political beliefs were also strong in Victoria.[1]
Henry Holyoake died on 1881. [2]
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Henry Holyoake was a member of the Ballarat Reform League and was present at the meeting of 11 November 1854 on Bakery Hill.[3] He started the Diggers Advocate Goldfields Weekly with George Thompson later selling it to George Black. [4]
Henry Holyoake was active in the Goldfields Reform League. At a meeting on 23 October 1854, at Bakery Hill, Holyoake took a prominent role, and called on subscriptions so as to employ Counsel for Andrew McIntyre and Thomas Fletcher. [5]
At the time of the Bakery Hill meeting held on 29 November 1854 Henry Holyoake had been sent to Bendigo to raise the diggers there. He arrived at Bendigo for the Goldfields Reform League, and Denovan was appointed to accompany him to Ballan.[6]
Post 1854 Experiences
He was a Mechanics’ Institute storekeeper when he signed a petition of householders of Ballarat requesting the establishment of a Municipality in 1855.[7] he later had a bookshop in Melbourne and in 1863 he was working as a master saddler.[8] In 1863 the Holyoake family lived at 116 Cardigan Street, Carlton, in 1864 he was living at Mount Blackwood, Victoria. [9]
Hnery Holyoake was a foundation member of the Victorian Saddlers and Harnass makers Society, and was active in poitics from 1873 to 1877. [10]
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
Australia Joint Copying Project, Entry 231, reel M392.
Six letters from Horatio Holyoake and Henry Holyoake to their brother George Holyoake and to their mother dated 1854 to 1973. The letters are written from Ballarat, Blackwood and Melbourne, and describe work and life on the Victorian goldfields and comment on Victorian parliamentarians and politics. They point to the high standing of George Jacob Holyoake in Australia and the support he had received in the Argus, and contain news of family matters.[11]
References
- ↑ Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
- ↑ Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
- ↑ Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
- ↑ Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
- ↑ Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
- ↑ Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
- ↑ Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
- ↑ http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=432493.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=432493.
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