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+ | ==Background== | ||
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+ | ==Goldfields Involvement, 1854== | ||
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+ | ==Post 1854 Experiences== | ||
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+ | ==Obituary== | ||
Ballarat Courier. | Ballarat Courier. | ||
4th July 1916 | 4th July 1916 | ||
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+ | OBITUARY | ||
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Mr Frank Faulks, a well-known Dunolly identity, has passed away at the age of 98 years 8 months. Up to within a few weeks ago he had possessed extra ordinary vigor, and retained full possession of all his faculties. He was a great reader and a close student of the Bible. His memory was remarkable, and he would recount incidents of the stirring events of the early days. He was a native of Nottinghamshire, England, and had been in the State over 62 years. He came to the Dunolly district (writes our correspondent) in 1861 from Ballarat, where he has resided for many years, and was there at the time of the Eureka Riot. He was a member of the Stock Exchange, and a prominent member of the Methodist Church. There are two daughters and one son, 25 grandchildren, and 57 great grandchildren. | Mr Frank Faulks, a well-known Dunolly identity, has passed away at the age of 98 years 8 months. Up to within a few weeks ago he had possessed extra ordinary vigor, and retained full possession of all his faculties. He was a great reader and a close student of the Bible. His memory was remarkable, and he would recount incidents of the stirring events of the early days. He was a native of Nottinghamshire, England, and had been in the State over 62 years. He came to the Dunolly district (writes our correspondent) in 1861 from Ballarat, where he has resided for many years, and was there at the time of the Eureka Riot. He was a member of the Stock Exchange, and a prominent member of the Methodist Church. There are two daughters and one son, 25 grandchildren, and 57 great grandchildren. | ||
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+ | <ref>''Ballarat Courier'' 4 July 1916, Transcribed by Chrissy Stancliffe</ref> | ||
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+ | ==See also== | ||
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+ | [[Benden Sherritt Hassell Compensation Case]] | ||
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+ | ==Further Reading== | ||
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+ | Wickham, Dorothy, ''Shot in the Dark: Being the Petition for the Compensation Case of Benden S. Hassell'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 1998. | ||
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+ | ==References== | ||
+ | <references /> | ||
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+ | ==External links== | ||
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Latest revision as of 08:18, 14 March 2020
Contents
Background
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Post 1854 Experiences
Obituary
Ballarat Courier. 4th July 1916 Page 5
OBITUARY
Mr Frank Faulks, a well-known Dunolly identity, has passed away at the age of 98 years 8 months. Up to within a few weeks ago he had possessed extra ordinary vigor, and retained full possession of all his faculties. He was a great reader and a close student of the Bible. His memory was remarkable, and he would recount incidents of the stirring events of the early days. He was a native of Nottinghamshire, England, and had been in the State over 62 years. He came to the Dunolly district (writes our correspondent) in 1861 from Ballarat, where he has resided for many years, and was there at the time of the Eureka Riot. He was a member of the Stock Exchange, and a prominent member of the Methodist Church. There are two daughters and one son, 25 grandchildren, and 57 great grandchildren.
See also
Benden Sherritt Hassell Compensation Case
Further Reading
Wickham, Dorothy, Shot in the Dark: Being the Petition for the Compensation Case of Benden S. Hassell, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1998.
References
- ↑ Ballarat Courier 4 July 1916, Transcribed by Chrissy Stancliffe