John Sharpe
Contents
Background
Sharpe arrived in Ballarat in 1852.
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Arriving in Ballarat in 1852 John Sharpe was an eye witness of many of the stirring events that terminated in the rising at the Eureka Stockade.
Post 1854 Experiences
Obituary
Mr. John Sharpe, secretary to the Amalgamated Mining Managers’ Association, the head quarters of which are at Ballarat, died from paralysis. Deceased, who was 79 years of age, was a native of Airdrie, Scotland, and arrived in Ballarat in 1852. He attended the 50th celebrations of Eureka on Saturday and Sunday but his last appearance in public was on Monday evening, when he attended a banquet given to the visiting stockaders at the Oddfellows’ Hall, and at which he was one of the principal speakers. Next day he was taken ill, owing, it is believed, to excitement caused by the celebrations of the anniversary. [1]
Mr. John Sharpe, secretary to the Amalgamated Mining Managers’ Association, the head quarters of which are at Ballarat, died on Saturday night from paralysis, with which he was seized only a few days ago. Deceased, who was 79 years of age, was a native of Airdrie, Scotland, and arrived in Ballarat in 1852. He was an eye witness of many of the stirring events that terminated in the rising at the Eureka Stockade, the 50th celebration of which he attended on Saturday and Sunday last. His last appearance in public was on Monday evening, when he attended a banquet given to the visiting stockaders at the Oddfellows’ Hall, and at which he was one of the principal speakers. Next day he was taken ill, owing, it is believed, to excitement caused by the celebrations of the anniversary. [2]
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
- ↑ The Leader, Melbourne 17 December, 1904.
- ↑ The Leader, Melbourne 17 December, 1904.
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