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| − | + | Mr. [[John Sharpe]], secretary to the [[Amalgamated Mining Managers’ Association]], the head quarters of which are at Ballarat, died from paralysis. Deceased, who was 79 years of age, was a native of Airdrie, Scotland, and arrived in Ballarat in 1852. He attended the [[50th celebrations]] of Eureka on Saturday and Sunday but his last appearance in public was on Monday evening, when he attended a banquet given to the visiting stockaders at the [[Oddfellows’ Hall]], and at which he was one of the principal speakers. Next day he was taken ill, owing, it is believed, to excitement caused by the celebrations of the anniversary. <ref>[[The Leader]], Melbourne 17 December, 1904.</ref> | |
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Revision as of 15:48, 16 October 2013
Contents
Background
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
arriving in Ballarat in 1852 John Sharpe was an eye witness of many of the stirring events that terminated in the rising at the Eureka Stockade.
Post 1854 Experiences
Mr. John Sharpe, secretary to the Amalgamated Mining Managers’ Association, the head quarters of which are at Ballarat, died from paralysis. Deceased, who was 79 years of age, was a native of Airdrie, Scotland, and arrived in Ballarat in 1852. He attended the 50th celebrations of Eureka on Saturday and Sunday but his last appearance in public was on Monday evening, when he attended a banquet given to the visiting stockaders at the Oddfellows’ Hall, and at which he was one of the principal speakers. Next day he was taken ill, owing, it is believed, to excitement caused by the celebrations of the anniversary. [1]
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
- ↑ The Leader, Melbourne 17 December, 1904.
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