John Cahill
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Background
John Cahill was born c1833 at County Clare, Ireland. He arrived in Adelaide on the Marshall Bennett in 1852. Cahill worked at Burra copper mine and came to Ballarat in November 1852. He died in August 1903 and was buried on 22 August 1903 in the Ballaarat Old Cemetery.[1]
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Cahill became an active member of the committee formed for redressing the grievances of the diggers in Ballarat and during the Eureka battle was within the walls of the Eureka Stockade. [2]He was arrested on 3 December 1854 after the battle but released due to lack of evidence.[3]
Post 1854 Experiences
After Eureka Cahill moved to Eaglehawk, Bendigo, where he mined, and returned to Ballarat to set up a business. He farmed in Ballarat and Western Victoria and was a pioneer selector at Fish Creek, Gippsland, where he died. .[4]
In The News
... Mr. Dunne appeared for, the following prisoners, who were likewise discharged, there being no evidence against them to warrant a committal :— Patrick Gilhooly, Walter Ryley, John Powell, Joseph Penrose, Robert Winkfield, Durald Magennes, John Quin, Edmund Burn, Wm. James Steer, Arthur Smith, Kennedy O'Brien, Martin Kinnear, Matthew Orr, Alexander Ross, Robert Leslie, George Thompson, Martin Ryan, Thomas Box, Thomas Ferdinand Tighe, and John Cahill. ...[5]
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ The Argus, 11 December 1854.
- ↑ Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
- ↑ Hobart Colonial Times, 19 December 1854.
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