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Tarleton was American Consul living in Melbourne, and as the representative of the Americans in Victoria he was responsible for overseeing the conduct of potentially unruly Americans in Victoria. <ref>Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.</ref> George Train noted: ''Our Consul, Mr Tarlton, responded to the national toast and was well received. he promised to protect the flag. If he don't, we shall - for 'tis a precious piece of bunting ...''
 
Tarleton was American Consul living in Melbourne, and as the representative of the Americans in Victoria he was responsible for overseeing the conduct of potentially unruly Americans in Victoria. <ref>Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.</ref> George Train noted: ''Our Consul, Mr Tarlton, responded to the national toast and was well received. he promised to protect the flag. If he don't, we shall - for 'tis a precious piece of bunting ...''
 
  <ref>Train, George F., ''A Yankee Merchant in Goldrush Australia'', William Heinemann Australia Pty Ltd, 1970, p1109.</ref>
 
  <ref>Train, George F., ''A Yankee Merchant in Goldrush Australia'', William Heinemann Australia Pty Ltd, 1970, p1109.</ref>
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He died in 1880 and was buried at the [[Congressional Cemetery, Washington]].<ref>Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. ''The Eureka Encyclopaedia'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.</ref>
 
He died in 1880 and was buried at the [[Congressional Cemetery, Washington]].<ref>Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. ''The Eureka Encyclopaedia'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.</ref>
  

Revision as of 12:11, 17 June 2013

Background

James Madison Tarleton was born in 1808 at New Castle, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States of America.[1]

Tarleton was American Consul living in Melbourne, and as the representative of the Americans in Victoria he was responsible for overseeing the conduct of potentially unruly Americans in Victoria. [2] George Train noted: Our Consul, Mr Tarlton, responded to the national toast and was well received. he promised to protect the flag. If he don't, we shall - for 'tis a precious piece of bunting ...

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He died in 1880 and was buried at the Congressional Cemetery, Washington.[4]

Goldfields Involvement, 1854

A dinner at Ballarat's Victoria Hotel on 28 November 1854 was attended by James Tarleton.[5]

Tarleton was the American Consul, at the time of the Eureka Stockade, who wrote to Governor Charles Hotham, on the authority of Mr. Nichols, an American in Ballarat, that Americans did not participate in the Ballarat encounter. [6]

Post 1854 Experiences

See also

Charles Kenworthy

Further Reading

Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.


References

  1. Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
  2. Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
  3. Train, George F., A Yankee Merchant in Goldrush Australia, William Heinemann Australia Pty Ltd, 1970, p1109.
  4. Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
  5. Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
  6. Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.

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