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[[File:Carboni WEP page84-wiki.jpg|1000px|thumb|right|Walter E. Pidgeon, Illustration from ''The Eureka Stockade'' by Raffaello Carboni, Sunnybrook Press, 1942, offset print. <br>Art Gallery of Ballarat, purchased 1994.]]
 
==Background==
 
==Background==
  
 
William Mitchell arrived in Victoria in 1852.<ref>''Sydney Morning Herald'', Previous 10 January 1913.</ref>
 
William Mitchell arrived in Victoria in 1852.<ref>''Sydney Morning Herald'', Previous 10 January 1913.</ref>
 
  
 
==Goldfields Involvement, 1854==
 
==Goldfields Involvement, 1854==
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:AN OLD PIONEER, FOUGHT AT EUREKA STOCKADE.
 
:AN OLD PIONEER, FOUGHT AT EUREKA STOCKADE.
 
 
:LONGREACH (Q.). Thursday.
 
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:The funeral of the late Mr Wm Mitchell took place to day. Mr Mitchell landed in Victoria in 1852 and was among, the first in the rush to [[Bendigo]] and [[Ballarat]]. He took part In the fighting at the [[Eureka Stockade]]. He worked his way up from Victoria through New South Wales to Queensland and was at St George in 1863. Leaving there when Gympie broke out he worked on practically every mining field in Queensland. He went to New Caledonia in 1875 returning to New South Wales in 1877 and Oueensland In 1879 and lived in this State ever since. He was over 75 years of age.<ref>''Sydney Morning Herald'', Previous 10 January 1913.</ref>
:The funeral of the late Mr Wm Mitchell took place to day. Mr Mitchell landed in Victoria in 1852 and was among, the first in the rush to [[Bendigo]] and [[Ballarat]]. He took part In the fighting at the [[Eureka Stockade]]. He worked his way up from Victoria through New South Wales to Queensland and was at St George in 1863. Leaving there when Gympie broke out he worked on practically every mining field in Queensland. He went to New Caledonia in 1875 returning to New South Wales in 1877 and Oueensland In 1879 and lived In this State ever since. He was over 75 years of age.<ref>''Sydney Morning Herald'', Previous 10 January 1913.</ref>
 
  
 
==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.
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Corfield, J., Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. ''The Eureka Encyclopaedia'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
 
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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Revision as of 17:19, 13 August 2017

Walter E. Pidgeon, Illustration from The Eureka Stockade by Raffaello Carboni, Sunnybrook Press, 1942, offset print.
Art Gallery of Ballarat, purchased 1994.

Background

William Mitchell arrived in Victoria in 1852.[1]

Goldfields Involvement, 1854

Post 1854 Experiences

Obituary

AN OLD PIONEER, FOUGHT AT EUREKA STOCKADE.
LONGREACH (Q.). Thursday.
The funeral of the late Mr Wm Mitchell took place to day. Mr Mitchell landed in Victoria in 1852 and was among, the first in the rush to Bendigo and Ballarat. He took part In the fighting at the Eureka Stockade. He worked his way up from Victoria through New South Wales to Queensland and was at St George in 1863. Leaving there when Gympie broke out he worked on practically every mining field in Queensland. He went to New Caledonia in 1875 returning to New South Wales in 1877 and Oueensland In 1879 and lived in this State ever since. He was over 75 years of age.[2]

See also

Further Reading

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

References

  1. Sydney Morning Herald, Previous 10 January 1913.
  2. Sydney Morning Herald, Previous 10 January 1913.

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