Stephen Holgate

Stephen Holgate was born in about 1831 in Lancashire, England and arrived in Victoria in 1852 on the ship Australia. 7

. He appears to have travelled very soon after

arrival to Ballarat as in October 1854 he is listed as one of the creditors on Bentley’s Estate8

He was part of the business of Ettershank & Co until 1861 when he retired

from the partnership9 . He appears to have taken up land at Mount Bolton, north of Miners Rest, by June 1863 as he gives this as his address when advertising for a lost horse10. In October 1863 he is advertising sale of his household furniture as he is leasing his land but The Star reports on 25 February 1865 that a fire had burnt his property at Mt Bolton. This is probably the property noted in the 1864 Shire of Ballarat ratebook. His address is given as Mt Bolton through the 1860s when advertising in the newspapers. He married Sophia Roberts in 1873 and their seven children (born between 1875 and 1893) are all born at Miners Rest. The house may have been extended to accommodate his growing family. This appears to confirm the ratebook entry that he took possession of the property about 1875. In 1879 The Argus on the 9th August reported that he was breeding pure Lincoln rams. On 7 September of the same year the newspaper reports that he is judging thoroughbred horses at the Ballarat Agricultural Show. In 1909 the report in The Australasian of 27 March on the marriage of Henry Spencer Holgate, third son of Stephen Holgate gives the name of the property as Capernwray. Capenwray is a town in Lancashire and may refer to his home town. Stephen Holgate moved into Ballarat on the sale of the property and died in 1919. The Argus reported on his death on 15 September: Mr Stephen Holgate, a well known Ballarat stock and station agent died at his residence, Ballarat, on Saturday, at the age of 88 years. Mr Holgate was among the early residents of Ballarat, and at one time took considerable interest in racing and hunting. He was a close companion of Adam Lindsay Gordon. 2.4.3 Oswald Coghlan Oswald Coghlan was born in 1886,

Claims for Losses at the Eureka Hotel

The following is a list of the claims made to the Government for compensation in connection with the burning of Bentley's Hotel, on the 17th October, 1854. The total amount is £40,418 ls 2d, of which only £150 is recommended by the select committee to be paid, - viz., 30/ to Messrs D. & W. Wallace, and £120 to Mr Michael Walsh. A sum of £150 is also recommended to be given to Dr Carr, who is at present in the Yarra Bend Lunatic Asylum; but this amount is on account of a claim for professional services to the wounded after the outbreak on the 3rd of December, and cannot properly be said to have come under the cognizance of the committee.

List of Claims for Compensation for Losses Sustained through the Ballarat Riot, on 7th October, 1854

George Waterson, clothing and working tools, £22 ; Augustus Miell, gold, bank notes, musical instruments and music books, goldrings, and two boxes of clothing, £87 ; D. and W. Wallace, tents and clothing, £30. Samuel Waldock, livery stable keeper, saddles, harness, carts, hay, corn, horses, &c. &c, £766; Henry Harris, merchandise stored in the yard of Bentley's Hotel, £45 ls.; E. F. West, clothing, musical instruments, and music books, £53 ; Chas. Smith, clothing and working tools, £20; Michael Walsh, tent, household goods, clothing of self and family, and injury sustained by his wife, £175 10s.; Chas. Dyte, merchandise stored in the building attached to the hotel, £416 ls; G. C. Smith, two boxes and their contents, which were stored in the hotel, stated value, £343 18s ; Isaac Rigby, chest of tools and clothing, £20 ; total, £1977 10s.

List of Creditors on Bentley's Estate

The Bank of New South Wales, overdrawn banking account, £2,000 : the Union Bank, dishonored, bills, £1,600 ; Thomas Bath, Ballarat, dishonored bill, £192 10s; F. B Beaver, Esq., M.L.A., goods sold and delivered, £2,492 8s 5d; Mark Folk and Isaac Lazarus, goods sold and delivered. £106 11s ; John Ettershank, Stephen Holgate, William Eaglestone, dishonored bills, £87 2s6d; John Rutherford, James Tingeman, goods sold and delivered, £516 16s 8d; John McGuinnes, goods sold and delivered, £96 2s 4d; Charles Morgan, goods sold and delivered, £26 3s 3d ; Patricias Wm Welch, goods sold and delivered, £506 7s ; Dr Carr, for professional services, £124. Total, £7,648 1s 2d.

Servants' Wages, and Moneys due on Building Contracts

Patrick Hanlon, carpenter's contract work, £95; Michael McDermott, do. £125; Donald Ross, do, £150; J. Donnelly, do, £98 ; Roderick Ross, do, £160; Charles Smith, baker, balance for wages, about £110; George Waterson, balance for wages, £22, and £92 10s; Isaac Rigby, money due on contract for building, £200. Total, £1,042 10s.

Bentley's Claim

"Claim by J. F. Bentley and wife, for the sum of £29,750, it being the ascertained value of the hotel, outbuildings, and stock in-trade, all of which were destroyed in the riot.