Thomas Young

Goldfields Involvement, 1854

Young lived at Ballarat, and was recorded on the 1855 Electoral Roll, under the electoral qualification of Householder.

Obituary

The late Mr Thomas Young, who died at Buninyong on 26th instant, was a native of Ayreshire, Scotland, where he was a well-to do tenant farmer. Soon after the discovery of gold in Victoria he set sail with his wife and family in the ship Lochiel for Melbourne, where he arrived towards the end of 1853. Coming on to Ballarat, he settled first at Soldiers’ Hill, where he was camped during the memorable time of the Eureka riots, and many interesting reminisces he had of that period. Removing to the White Flat, just below where the School of Mines is now situated, and which at that time was the temporary home of numerous newly-arrived Welsh and Cornish miners, he followed the usual occupation of the time with indifferent success. But in 1858 the tide turned in his favor when he removed to Scotchmans and became one of the 20 original shareholders. After disposing of his interest in that property a few years later he went to New Zealand for a couple of years at the time of the Dunstan rush. Returning, he tried his fortune at Scarsdale, and was one of the promoters of the Bute and other mines. For the last 36 years, however, he has been settled at Buninyong, following amoung other occupations that of his early manhood. He was twice married, and leaves a widow and family of 11 out of 17, all grown.

Further Reading

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

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