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Thomas O'Neill was born at County Kilkenny, [[Ireland]]. <ref>Adelaide Advertiser, 3 December 1904.</ref> | Thomas O'Neill was born at County Kilkenny, [[Ireland]]. <ref>Adelaide Advertiser, 3 December 1904.</ref> | ||
| + | The death certificate of Thomas O'Neil records that he was born around 1824 Paulstown, Kilkenny, Ireland. | ||
==Goldfields Involvement, 1854== | ==Goldfields Involvement, 1854== | ||
| + | He was killed during the storming of the Eureka Stockade on 3 December 1854. His father's name was John O'Neil/O'Neill. | ||
| + | Thomas said he was a farmer, and immigrated to Victoria in 1851. He was a pikeman, who had two broken legs and a musket ball in his body but was still using his pike when he was killed. The informant on his death certificate was Dennis Keys, a storekeeper. O'Neill Drive in the [[Ballaarat Old Cemetery]] is named after Thomas O'Neil/O'Neill. <ref>Dorothy Wickham, ''Deaths at Eureka'', 1996. </ref> | ||
==Post 1854 Experiences== | ==Post 1854 Experiences== | ||
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Memorial to those who died as a result of the Eureka Stockade located in the Eureka Stockade Memorial Park. Photography: Clare Gervasoni 2013.
Contents
Background
Thomas O'Neill was born at County Kilkenny, Ireland. [1] The death certificate of Thomas O'Neil records that he was born around 1824 Paulstown, Kilkenny, Ireland.
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
He was killed during the storming of the Eureka Stockade on 3 December 1854. His father's name was John O'Neil/O'Neill. Thomas said he was a farmer, and immigrated to Victoria in 1851. He was a pikeman, who had two broken legs and a musket ball in his body but was still using his pike when he was killed. The informant on his death certificate was Dennis Keys, a storekeeper. O'Neill Drive in the Ballaarat Old Cemetery is named after Thomas O'Neil/O'Neill. [2]
Post 1854 Experiences
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
