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[[File:Artemisia.jpg|500px|thumb|right|The immigrant ship ''Artemisia'', ''The Illustrated London News'', 12 August 1848, State Library of Queensland]] | [[File:Artemisia.jpg|500px|thumb|right|The immigrant ship ''Artemisia'', ''The Illustrated London News'', 12 August 1848, State Library of Queensland]] | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
− | Thomas Amies, the brother of John Amies, emigrated on the vessel [[ | + | Thomas Amies, the brother of John Amies, emigrated on the vessel the [[Artemisia]]. He was amongst the first free settlers to Moreton Bay, Queensland in 1848.<ref>Dr Dorothy Wickham, Artemisia research</ref> |
==Goldfields Involvement, 1854== | ==Goldfields Involvement, 1854== |
Revision as of 18:24, 11 February 2022
Contents
Background
Thomas Amies, the brother of John Amies, emigrated on the vessel the Artemisia. He was amongst the first free settlers to Moreton Bay, Queensland in 1848.[1]
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
The brother of Thomas was John Amies who was a carpenter. With his wife Emma Amies (Williams) he lived in a tent inside the Eureka Stockade. Shots were fired at the tent when a candle was lit during a curfew. Sandbags were packed against the walls of the tent to protect their baby, Elizabeth Amies. [2]
Post 1854 Experiences
John died of Tuberculosis on the 7 August 1858 after contracting it two years earlier. Prior to his death he was a hotelier. After John died Emma remarried. They were both buried in Ballarat.[3]
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.