James Heffernan
Contents
Background
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Post 1854 Experiences
Obituary
- EUREKA STOCKADE VETERAN - KYNETON, Wednesday. - Mr. James Heffernan, licensee of the Kyneton Commercial Hotel, died suddenly to-day, aged 81 years He came to Victoria in 1850, and took part in all the early gold rushes. With 80 other tributers, he worked the Ballarat Band of Hope Tribute, each of them clearing £500. He was in Heathcote in July, l853, when the Mc'lvor gold escort was held up and robbed, and was in Bendigo when the miners burnt their rights. In December, 1854, deceased took part in the historic Eureka Stockade. [1]
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
- ↑ The Argus, 29 April 1909.
External links
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