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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
==Goldfields Involvement, 1854== | ==Goldfields Involvement, 1854== | ||
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| + | In 1853 a William Brooks signed the Bendigo Goldfields Petition. A person of this name was a timber merchant residing at Buninyong when he signed the [[Benden Hassell]] Petition in 1856. <ref>Wickham, Dorothy, ''Shot in the Dark: Being the Petition for the Compensation Case of Benden S. Hassell'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 1998.</ref> | ||
==Post 1854 Experiences== | ==Post 1854 Experiences== | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
| − | Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. ''The Eureka Encyclopaedia'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004. | + | Corfield, J., Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. ''The Eureka Encyclopaedia'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004. |
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Contents
Background
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
In 1853 a William Brooks signed the Bendigo Goldfields Petition. A person of this name was a timber merchant residing at Buninyong when he signed the Benden Hassell Petition in 1856. [1]
Post 1854 Experiences
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J., Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
- ↑ Wickham, Dorothy, Shot in the Dark: Being the Petition for the Compensation Case of Benden S. Hassell, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1998.
External links
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Caption, Reference.
