Gavin Duffy
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Background
Sir Charles Gavan Duffy was born on 12 April 1816 in Monaghan, Ireland, son of John Duffy, shopkeeper, and his wife Ann, daughter of Patrick Gavan of Latnamard.[1]
An Irish nationalist, Gavin Duffy was Catholic but was educated in a Presbyterian academy. Working as a barrister Duffy represented New Ross in the House of Commons from 1852 - 1855. He sailed for Australia in 1855[2] on the Ocean Chief, with wife, Susan, and three of their children, Susan Anne, Frank Edward, and Charles Gavin Jnr.[3]
Gavin Duffy died on 09 February 1903, at Nice, France.[4]
Post 1854 Experiences
Gavin Duffy was Premier of Victoria.
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
- ↑ Joy E. Parnaby, 'Duffy, Sir Charles Gavan (1816–1903)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/duffy-sir-charles-gavan-3450/text5265, published in hardcopy 1972, accessed online 18 May 2014.
- ↑ Joy E. Parnaby, 'Duffy, Sir Charles Gavan (1816–1903)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/duffy-sir-charles-gavan-3450/text5265, published in hardcopy 1972, accessed online 18 May 2014.
- ↑ Pearl, Cyril, The Three Lives of Gavan Duffy, Macarthur PRess Pty Ltd, Parramatta, 1979.
- ↑ Dianne Campbell, Anglo-Irish Lawyers in Post Goldrush Ballarat, Masters Theses, 2002, p.184.
