Simon Hanley
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Background
Simon Hanley was baptised on 10 August in 1838 in County Tipperary, Ireland. He arrived in Australian with his parents and eight siblings on 01 January 1852 on the Mangerton. He married Mary McCarthy on 06 February 1861 at St Alipius, Ballarat East and they had four children.[1]
Hanley died in December 1916 at Rochester.[2]
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
According to oral history Simon Hanley was too young to use a rifle so was given a pike to fight with during the Eureka Stockade. In later years he tld his family he was glad he was unhurt and hurt no-one during the battle.[3]
Post 1854 Experiences
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
- ↑ Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
- ↑ Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
- ↑ Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
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