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==Background==
 
==Background==
  
Thomas Wanliss sailed to Australia on the [[Castle Eden]].
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Thomas Wanliss sailed to Australia on the [[Castle Eden]].<ref>Ballarat Star, 22 December 1904.</ref>
  
 
==Goldfields Involvement, 1854==
 
==Goldfields Involvement, 1854==

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Background

Thomas Wanliss sailed to Australia on the Castle Eden.[1]

Goldfields Involvement, 1854

Post 1854 Experiences

Thomas Drummond Wanlass was a member of the Jury at the Inquest into the death of William Hardie on 04 December 1854.[2]


Post 1854 Experiences

Obituary

DEATH OF AN OLD RESIDENT OF BALLARAT, May 20.
Mr J. Russell Thomson died at his residence, Ballarat West, to night, of liver complaint. He was 64 years old Mr Thomson was always greatly liked and esteemed here, his courteous bearing and his integrity commanding for him the respect of all who knew him. He will be remembered by old residents as a member of the firm of Thomson, Walsh and Moore, sharebrokers. He was in Ballarat before the Eureka Affair, and was in the police court when Bentley was charged with the murder of the digger James Scobie, and acquitted by the magistrate Mr Dewes. On that occasion Mr Thompson narrowly escaped committal for daring to urge that Bentley's was a case which should be sent to a jury; but his expression of opinion was popular. At an indignation meeting close to where Scobie was killed, 'Mr.Thomson, with Messrs T.D. Wanliss, P. Lalor, J.W. Gray, W. Corkhill, A.McP. Grant, and Archd. Carmichael were appointed to collect money to defray the cost of a further prosecution of Bentley. In the early days here Mr Thomson amassed a fortune, and has of late lived retired, He still supported mining, but latterly with little success. He has, no relatives in the colony. [3]

In the News

EUREKA STOCKADE MEMORIAL.
A meeting of the executive committee was held on Tuesday evening; Mr R. Lewis in the chair. Present,— Messrs Ferguson, Bechervaise, Josephs, Williams. Roff, Spain, Morrison, Hall, Dyte, and Wilson. Donations were received from the following mining companies: Royal Saxon, Maxwell’s, New, Britannia, Kong Meng, and Imperial; also; Australian Natives' Association, Ballarat, Creswick, and Stawell branches; Buninyong Miners' Association, St. John's Church Improvement Society, Tinsmiths’ Society,: Typographical Society; from Messrs Wanliss, Wilson, Serjeant, McGovern, M’Donald, Salter, Oddie, Russell, Glenn, Lieutenant-Colonel Smith, Hickman, Ferguson, Hill, Fincham, and others. Poetic contributions from J. W. Mills and William Walker, of Ballarat; and William Rankin, of Craigie, were received with thanks. Seven designs for the memorial were submitted; those marked “Piper," King," and “Pioneer" were highly approved of, and ultimately the design of Mr H. A. King, of Ballarat East, was accepted. It was decided that specifications be prepared, with the view; of calling for tenders forthwith. The committee meet on the ground, in company with the Town Council on Friday, 25th-instant, for the purpose of selecting the site, as there appears a conflict of evidence as to the actual position of the Stockade.[4]

See also

William Hardie

Archibald Carmichael

William Corkhill

John D'Ewes

Alexander Grant

John Gray

Samuel Irwin

Peter Lalor

R. Longstaff

James Scobie

J.R. Thomson

Further Reading

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

References

  1. Ballarat Star, 22 December 1904.
  2. PROV, VPRS24/p, Box 24, Unit 23.
  3. Hobart Mercury, 29 May 1886.
  4. Ballarat Star, 16 July 1884.

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