Difference between revisions of "Michael Mullins"
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− | [[File:IMGP6012-wiki.jpg|800px|thumb|right|''Memorial to those who died as a result of the Eureka Stockade located in the [[Eureka Stockade]] | + | [[File:IMGP6012-wiki.jpg|800px|thumb|right|''Memorial to those who died as a result of the [[Eureka Stockade]] located in the [[Eureka Stockade Memorial Gardens]].'' Photography: Clare Gervasoni 2013.]] |
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
+ | Mullins was born around 1826 in County Limerick, [[Ireland]]. <ref>Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., ''Eureka Research Directory'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.</ref> | ||
==Goldfields Involvement, 1854== | ==Goldfields Involvement, 1854== | ||
+ | Mullins' name is incorrectly recorded as Thomas Mullins on the Eureka monument in the [[Ballaarat Old Cemetery]]. He was a participant in the [[Eureka Stockade]] battle and was killed as the result of gunshot wounds on 03 December 1854 . Mullins was buried on 05 December 1854 in the [[Ballaarat Old Cemetery]] and was 28 years of age at the time of his death. <ref>Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., ''Eureka Research Directory'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.</ref> The editor of The Times, Samuel Irwin, was the death informant. | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:21, 31 March 2018
Contents
Background
Mullins was born around 1826 in County Limerick, Ireland. [1]
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Mullins' name is incorrectly recorded as Thomas Mullins on the Eureka monument in the Ballaarat Old Cemetery. He was a participant in the Eureka Stockade battle and was killed as the result of gunshot wounds on 03 December 1854 . Mullins was buried on 05 December 1854 in the Ballaarat Old Cemetery and was 28 years of age at the time of his death. [2] The editor of The Times, Samuel Irwin, was the death informant.
Family
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
External links