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− | The brother of Thomas was [[John Amies]] who was a carpenter. With his wife [[Emma Amies]] (Williams) he lived in a tent inside the Eureka Stockade. Shots were fired at the tent when a candle was lit during a curfew. Sandbags were packed against the walls of the tent to protect their baby, Elizabeth Amies. <ref>Dorothy Wickham, ''Women of the Diggings: Ballarat 1854'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 2009.</ref> | + | The brother of Thomas was [[John Amies]] who was a carpenter. With his wife [[Emma Amies]] (Williams) he lived in a tent inside the Eureka Stockade. Shots were fired at the tent when a candle was lit during a curfew. Sandbags were packed against the walls of the tent to protect their baby, [[Elizabeth Amies]]. <ref>Dorothy Wickham, ''Women of the Diggings: Ballarat 1854'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 2009.</ref> |
==Post 1854 Experiences== | ==Post 1854 Experiences== |
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Background
Thomas Amies, the brother of John Amies, emigrated on the vessel the Artemisia. He was amongst the first free settlers to Moreton Bay, Queensland in 1848.[1]
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
The brother of Thomas was John Amies who was a carpenter. With his wife Emma Amies (Williams) he lived in a tent inside the Eureka Stockade. Shots were fired at the tent when a candle was lit during a curfew. Sandbags were packed against the walls of the tent to protect their baby, Elizabeth Amies. [2]
Post 1854 Experiences
John died of Tuberculosis on the 7 August 1858 after contracting it two years earlier. Prior to his death he was a hotelier. After John died Emma remarried. They were both buried in Ballarat.[3]
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.