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Revision as of 20:05, 12 December 2019
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Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Twenty Two year old Henry Green married Janet Smith 'in his residence' on Bakery Hill on 14 July 1855. He was a miner. It is thought that it is this Henry Smith who signed the Bendan Hassell Petition. Another Henry Smith was living at Bentley's Eureka Hotel, and was a witness at the inquest into the murder of James Scobie.<ref<Informaton researched and provided by descendant Eric Smith, 2019.</ref>
Post 1854 Experiences
Smith was residing at Ballarat when he signed the Benden Hassell Petition in 1856. [1]
See also
Benden Sherritt Hassell Compensation Case
Further Reading
Wickham, Dorothy, Shot in the Dark: Being the Petition for the Compensation Case of Benden S. Hassell, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1998.
References
- ↑ Wickham, Dorothy, Shot in the Dark: Being the Petition for the Compensation Case of Benden S. Hassell, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1998.
External links