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| − | After their tend was burnt inside the [[Eureka Stockade]] Nancy and [[Matthew Ryan]] moved to Learmonth where they ran the Camp Hotel for many years. Matthew became the Mayor of [[Learmonth]]. After his death in 1870 Nancy managed the hotel for many years. She met and married | + | After their tend was burnt inside the [[Eureka Stockade]] Nancy and [[Matthew Ryan]] moved to Learmonth where they ran the Camp Hotel for many years. Matthew became the Mayor of [[Learmonth]]. After his death in 1870 Nancy managed the hotel for many years. She met and married Archibald McAuley. Ann McAuley (Ryan/Kinnane/Quinane) died in 1901 at Learmonth's Camp Hotel aged 68 years, and is buried in Grave 32 at [[Dowling Forest Cemetery]]. |
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Revision as of 12:55, 6 April 2019
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Background
Ann (Nancy) Quinane/Kinnane was baptised on 06 June 1830 at Borrisoleigh, Tipperary, Ireland. She married Matthew Ryan at Liverpool, and they sailed to Australia on the Phoebe Dunbar in 1952. Nancy and Matthew Ryan lived on the Eureka Lead. Matthew filed for compensation for his tent being burnt down during the Eureka Riots. The tent was inside the Eureka Stockade.[1]
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Nancy Ryan, also known as Eureka Nancy, nursed Peter Lalor in the tent shared by Nance and Matthew Ryan, and is credited with assisting the amputation of Peter Lalor's Arm. The tent was inside the Eureka Stockade when it was stormed by the military on 03 December 1954, and the Ryan's claimed for compensation for good lost during the destruction of the Stockade.[2]
Post 1854 Experiences
After their tend was burnt inside the Eureka Stockade Nancy and Matthew Ryan moved to Learmonth where they ran the Camp Hotel for many years. Matthew became the Mayor of Learmonth. After his death in 1870 Nancy managed the hotel for many years. She met and married Archibald McAuley. Ann McAuley (Ryan/Kinnane/Quinane) died in 1901 at Learmonth's Camp Hotel aged 68 years, and is buried in Grave 32 at Dowling Forest Cemetery.
Family
Nancy Kinnane's parents were John Kinnane and Mary Fogarty, and her brother was Patrick Quinane.
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J., Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
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