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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.]] | [[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.]] | ||
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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
− | James Brown was from the [[United States of America]].<ref>Blake, Gregory, ''To Pierce the Tyrant's Heart'', Australian Military History Publications, 2009, p.178.</ref> | + | James Brown was from the [[United States of America]].<ref>Blake, Gregory, ''To Pierce the Tyrant's Heart'', Australian Military History Publications, 2009, p.178.</ref> He was possible the James Brown who signed the [[Bendigo Goldfields Petition]]. |
==Goldfields Involvement, 1854== | ==Goldfields Involvement, 1854== | ||
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==Post 1854 Experiences== | ==Post 1854 Experiences== | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
− | [[James | + | [[James Brown (from Ireland)]] |
==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== |
Latest revision as of 22:27, 27 June 2021
Contents
Background
James Brown was from the United States of America.[1] He was possible the James Brown who signed the Bendigo Goldfields Petition.
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
James Brown leaped down a mineshaft after the Eureka Stockade. He was a sailor who was expert on the rope. He slid down 30 metres to the bottom of the shaft. Some time later he took two hours to climb back up to the surface.[2]
Post 1854 Experiences
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J., Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
Townsend. Helen, Above the Starry Frame, Macmillan, Sydney, 2007.