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==Background==
 
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Irwin was a jouralist with the Ballarat Star where he was an important contributor on the character of Governor [[Charles Hotham]]. Irwin was also a correspondent for the Geelong Advertiser. <ref>Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., ''Eureka Research Directory'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.</ref>
  
 
==Goldfields Involvement, 1854==
 
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Irwin witnessed the Burning of [[James Bentley]]'s [[Eureka Hotel]], and was a member of [[Ballarat Reform League]].  <ref>Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., ''Eureka Research Directory'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.</ref> On 26 October1854 Samuel Irwin  paid the 250 pound bail for [[Andrew McIntyre]].<ref>Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. ''The Eureka Encyclopaedia'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.</ref> He was the informant for the death certificates of [[Martin Diamond]], [[George Donanghey]], [[Patrick Gittings]], [[John Hynes]] and [[Michael Mullins]].
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Irwin wrote a letter calling on the [[Creswick]] diggers to join the fight. <ref>Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., ''Eureka Research Directory'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.</ref>
  
 
==Post 1854 Experiences==
 
==Post 1854 Experiences==
  
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Irwin supported [[Peter Lalor]]’s electoral nomination.<ref>Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., ''Eureka Research Directory'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.</ref>
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Irwin was a journalist who signed the Benden Sherritt Hassell Compensation Case Petetion in 1855. With J.J. Ham he was the first editor of the Ballarat Star in 1855. In 1855 Irwin was on the Ballarat Hospital Committee, and the provisional committee of the Ballarat Gas Company in 1857. <ref>Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., ''Eureka Research Directory'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.</ref>
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He sold [[Raffaello Carboni]]’s book ''The Eureka Stockade''. <ref>Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., ''Eureka Research Directory'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.</ref>
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==

Revision as of 08:50, 13 May 2013

Background

Irwin was a jouralist with the Ballarat Star where he was an important contributor on the character of Governor Charles Hotham. Irwin was also a correspondent for the Geelong Advertiser. [1]

Goldfields Involvement, 1854

Irwin witnessed the Burning of James Bentley's Eureka Hotel, and was a member of Ballarat Reform League. [2] On 26 October1854 Samuel Irwin paid the 250 pound bail for Andrew McIntyre.[3] He was the informant for the death certificates of Martin Diamond, George Donanghey, Patrick Gittings, John Hynes and Michael Mullins.

Irwin wrote a letter calling on the Creswick diggers to join the fight. [4]

Post 1854 Experiences

Irwin supported Peter Lalor’s electoral nomination.[5]

Irwin was a journalist who signed the Benden Sherritt Hassell Compensation Case Petetion in 1855. With J.J. Ham he was the first editor of the Ballarat Star in 1855. In 1855 Irwin was on the Ballarat Hospital Committee, and the provisional committee of the Ballarat Gas Company in 1857. [6]

He sold Raffaello Carboni’s book The Eureka Stockade. [7]

See also

Further Reading

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


References

  1. Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
  2. Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
  3. Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
  4. Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
  5. Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
  6. Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
  7. Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.

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