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[[File:Gibbs John - ditto-GFs Pet 1853 10 middle LHS.jpg|500px|thumb|right| Signature of [[John Gibbs]] from the 1853 Bendigo Goldfields Petition]]
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==Background==
 
==Background==
  
John Gibbs was the publican of the [[Charlie Napier Hotel]] in [[Main Road]], holding the license for the hotel in 1857. He was elected to the first [[Ballarat East]] Council on 1 June 1857<ref>http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~carrick/Ballarat%20a%20to%20b.html accessed 15 March 2013.</ref>, after an extensive advertising campaign in the local newspapers.<ref ''The Star'' Ballarat, 29 May.</ref>
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John Gibbs was the publican of the [[Charlie Napier Hotel]] in [[Main Road]], holding the license for the hotel in 1857.
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In June 1857 he was cautioned in the Licensing Court for the way he ran the hotel:
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Mr Inspector Taylor said the bedrooms, when he first saw the house, were defective, and not so clean as might be wished, but since then that had been altered. He believed Mr Gibbs did his best to keep the house in good order. Granted, the Bench remarking that the observations made with regard to the United States must apply to the Charlie Napier, and impressed upon the applicant the necessity of not supplying intoxicated persons with liquor. He must also keep the bedrooms clean all through the year and not only just before licensing day.<ref>''The Star'', 13 June 1857.</ref>
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He was elected to the first [[Ballarat East]] Council on 1 June 1857<ref>http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~carrick/Ballarat%20a%20to%20b.html, accessed 15 March 2013.</ref>
  
 
==Goldfields Involvement, 1854==
 
==Goldfields Involvement, 1854==

Latest revision as of 21:08, 11 February 2024

Signature of John Gibbs from the 1853 Bendigo Goldfields Petition
Signatures from the 1853 Bendigo Goldfields Petition

Background

John Gibbs was the publican of the Charlie Napier Hotel in Main Road, holding the license for the hotel in 1857.

In June 1857 he was cautioned in the Licensing Court for the way he ran the hotel:

Mr Inspector Taylor said the bedrooms, when he first saw the house, were defective, and not so clean as might be wished, but since then that had been altered. He believed Mr Gibbs did his best to keep the house in good order. Granted, the Bench remarking that the observations made with regard to the United States must apply to the Charlie Napier, and impressed upon the applicant the necessity of not supplying intoxicated persons with liquor. He must also keep the bedrooms clean all through the year and not only just before licensing day.[1]

He was elected to the first Ballarat East Council on 1 June 1857[2]

Goldfields Involvement, 1854

Post 1854 Experiences

John Gibbs made gas from gum leaves and oil in the 1850s – this was used in several buildings, including the Charlie Napier Hotel in Main Road. Gibbs held the publican's license for the hotel in 1857.[3]

He was elected to the first Ballarat East Council on 1 June 1857[4], after an extensive advertising campaign in the local newspapers.[3]

Family

John Gibbs Daughter, Amy, married Ernest Henry Lawson in 1882. Her wedding dress is held by the Gold Museum Ballarat.

Obituary

News and Notes. If what we hear be correct, the death of the late Mr John Gibbs was attended with most distressing circumstances. Our information is to the effect that the deceased, who had been ill of colonial fever, but had recovered so as to be able to move about, was taking a short walk on Saturday forenoon in the vicinity of his residence, when one of his creditors came up to him and demanded a settlement of his account. The reply not being deemed satisfactory, poor Mr Gibbs was threatened with arrest and confinement in gaol, and a constable was talked of being called in. This harsh conduct had such an effect on the deceased that on reaching his house he was obliged to be put to bed, where he became delirious, and died in two or three hours after the cruel interview. If this be correct, we do not envy the feelings of the man whose harsh and thoughtless conduct brought the life of a fellow man to so untimely an end.[5]


THE Friends of the late Mr. JOHN JAMES GIBBS are respectfully invited to follow his remains to the place of interment, the Melbourne General Cemetery. The funeral will leave the residence of his father, Mr. John Gibbs, 31 Donald-street, College-lawn, Prahran, THIS DAY (Friday, 25th inst.), at 11 o'clock a.m.[6]

See also

Charlie Napier Hotel

Further Reading

References

  1. The Star, 13 June 1857.
  2. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~carrick/Ballarat%20a%20to%20b.html, accessed 15 March 2013.
  3. 3.0 3.1 1857 'Advertising', The Star (Ballarat, Vic. : 1855 - 1864), 29 May, p. 1. (ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT TO THE STAR), viewed 24 Jul 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66042419
  4. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~carrick/Ballarat%20a%20to%20b.html accessed 15 March 2013.
  5. The Star, 17 April 1860.
  6. The Argus, 11 September 2019.

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