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==Background==
 
==Background==
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Thomas Hiscock was born in 1812 at Shinfield near Reading, Berkshire, [[England]].<ref>Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. ''The Eureka Encyclopaedia'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.</ref>
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Hiscock arrived at Geelong with his wife and  two sons<ref>Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., ''Eureka Research Directory'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.</ref> on board the [[Caroline]].<ref>Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. ''The Eureka Encyclopaedia'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.</ref> He married Phoebe Blanchard of Hampshire at Shifield on 09 April 1833. <ref>Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. ''The Eureka Encyclopaedia'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.</ref>Thomas obtained employment as a blacksmith of Mr Goldsmith’s station at Trawalla. In 1844, after about three years at Trawalla Station he set up as a blacksmith, wheelwright and storekeeper at Buninyong, possibly taking over from scotty McLachlan. <ref>Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., ''Eureka Research Directory'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.</ref>
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Hiscock and his son, Thomas, and John Thomas went in search of gold in 1851 after reports of John Hargreaves find. On 2 August 1851 they went in a westerly direction examining the outcrops as they went. They were successful, the gold being sold to Mr Patterson, a jeweller at Geelong. Hiscock announced his discovery in the Geelong advertiser on 10 August 1851.<ref>Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., ''Eureka Research Directory'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.</ref>
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Hiscock first dug for gold at Golden Point, and was listed as being a Ballarat pioneer who was resident in the Ballarat district before the first Gold licence issue, on 20 September 1851. Hiscock was rewarded £1000 for discovery of gold at Ballarat in August 1851. <ref>Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., ''Eureka Research Directory'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.</ref>
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Thomas caught a cold while visiting the rush at Mt Alexander, and died. He is buried at [[Buninyong Cemetery]]. <ref>Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., ''Eureka Research Directory'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.</ref>
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==Post 1854 Experiences==
 
==Post 1854 Experiences==
  
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He was residing at Buninyong in the 1880s.<ref>Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., ''Eureka Research Directory'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.</ref>
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==

Revision as of 15:09, 22 June 2013

Thomas Hiscock, University of Ballarat Historical Collection

Background

Thomas Hiscock was born in 1812 at Shinfield near Reading, Berkshire, England.[1]

Hiscock arrived at Geelong with his wife and two sons[2] on board the Caroline.[3] He married Phoebe Blanchard of Hampshire at Shifield on 09 April 1833. [4]Thomas obtained employment as a blacksmith of Mr Goldsmith’s station at Trawalla. In 1844, after about three years at Trawalla Station he set up as a blacksmith, wheelwright and storekeeper at Buninyong, possibly taking over from scotty McLachlan. [5]

Hiscock and his son, Thomas, and John Thomas went in search of gold in 1851 after reports of John Hargreaves find. On 2 August 1851 they went in a westerly direction examining the outcrops as they went. They were successful, the gold being sold to Mr Patterson, a jeweller at Geelong. Hiscock announced his discovery in the Geelong advertiser on 10 August 1851.[6]

Hiscock first dug for gold at Golden Point, and was listed as being a Ballarat pioneer who was resident in the Ballarat district before the first Gold licence issue, on 20 September 1851. Hiscock was rewarded £1000 for discovery of gold at Ballarat in August 1851. [7]

Thomas caught a cold while visiting the rush at Mt Alexander, and died. He is buried at Buninyong Cemetery. [8]


Goldfields Involvement, 1854

Post 1854 Experiences

He was residing at Buninyong in the 1880s.[9]

See also

Further Reading

Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.


References

  1. Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
  2. Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
  3. Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
  4. Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
  5. Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
  6. Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
  7. Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
  8. Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
  9. Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.

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