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Ballarat Heritage Services
Database, Ballarat Heritage Services Eureka Database
... Eureka biographies... Office goldfields Eureka Eureka biographies A database used ...A database used as the beginning of Eureka Encyclopedia, which won the overall prize in the Victorian Local History Awards in 2005.eureka, eureka biographies -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION: BOOK ''EUREKA, THE STORY OF PETER LALOR'' BY CLIVE TURNBULL
... TURNBULL PETER LALOR EUREKA BIOGRAPHY Clive Turnbull Book. ALEC H ...Book. ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION. 50 page hardback short biography of Peter Lalor by Clive Turnbull. Australian Heritage Books. Published in 1946 by the Hawthorn Press, Melbourne. Designed and printed by John Gartner at the Hawthorn Press. Edition limited to 500 copies. Catalogue sticker ''2196 TUR'' on spine.Clive Turnbullbooks, collections, biography, alec h chisholm collection, clive turnbull, peter lalor, eureka, biography -
Unions Ballarat
Robert J. Hawke: a biography (Don Woodward Collection), d'Alpuget, Blanche, 1982
Bob (Robert) Hawke is a former union leader and a former ALP prime minister. Hawke's biography was written by his now wife, Blanche d'Alpuget.Significant to Australian Labor Party and union/ACTU history. Biographical interest.Book; 426 pages Front cover: grey and blue background (blue may be the Eureka flag); colour photograph of Bob Hawke; black and yellow lettering; author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, hawke, bob, hawke, robert, d'alpuget, blanche, biography, actu, australian council of trade unions, alp, australian labor party, unions -
Unions Ballarat
Jan Vennik: The Dutchman at Eureka, Davis, Yvon, 2016
... eureka stockade gold gold miners treason biography dutch miners ...Jan Vennik was a miner at the Eureka Stockade who was arrested for alleged treason. This book investigates whether Jan Vennik was innocent and provides a biographical account beyond what happened at the Stockade. Vennik was acquitted of the treason charges.Significant to the story of the Eureka Stockade. Biographical interest.Paper; paperback book. Front cover: colour photograph of the Southern Cross/Eureka Flag; blue theme; white text.Front cover: Title and author's name.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, vennik, jan, eureka stockade, gold, gold miners, treason, biography, dutch miners - eureka -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Book, Dorothy Wickham, "Women of he Diggings: Ballarat 1854" by Dorothy Wickham
Women of the Diggings was published by BHS Publishing and written by Dorothy Wickham. The chapters in the front of the book give an account of women's life on the goldfields, while the back section is the biography of around 1500 women in Ballarat in 1854.women, goldfields, dorothy wickham, eureka stockade -
Unions Ballarat
A short history of Australia: new and revised edition, Clark, Manning, 1964
History of Australia: 1788-1969.Some references to Ballarat including the Monster Meeting and the Eureka Stockade.Hardback with dustjacket; green and white background; black lettering; 274 pages.Front cover: Author's name and title; white round price sticker. Back cover: Author's biography and other publications. btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, history - australia, history - ballarat, history - indigenous, convicts, macquarie, immigration, politics -
Unions Ballarat
Book - Above the starry frame, 2007
Biography of William Irwin who migrated to Australia in 1850. He was a digger and a publican during the gold rush in Ballarat. He was publican at the Star Hotel, John O'groats Hotel and the Provincial Hotel. The Star Hotel was closely connected with the story of the Eureka Stockade. The book in part draws from family correspondence. The book's author, Helen Townsend, is Irwin's great-granddaughter. Relevance to the history of Ballarat, gold mining and the Eureka Stockade. Biographical interest - William Irwin.Paperback book. Front cover: image of houses surrounded by fields; image of Irwin's Provincial Hotel with people and horses and carts; white and black lettering.Front cover: title and author. Back cover: book synopsis; praise for the book by Tom Keneally.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, gold mining - ballarat, mining licences - ballarat, eureka stockade, irish potato famine, gold miners, history, biography, publicans - ballarat, immigrants, pioneers, william irwin, star hotel, john o'groats hotel, provincial hotel -
Unions Ballarat
Charles Joseph La Trobe: Superintendant of the Port Phillip District 1839-1851, Lietenant-Governor of Victoria 1851-1954 (Don Woodward Collection), Gross, Alan, 1956
... Biography/historical account of Charles Joseph La Trobe. History ...Biography/historical account of Charles Joseph La Trobe. History and politics - Australia. Biographical interest - La Trobe. References to Ballarat - Eureka Stockade.Book; 157 pages. Dustjacket: green and black portrait of Charles Joseph La Trobe; yellow, black and white lettering; author's name and title. Cover: red background; gold lettering; author's name and title. btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, la trobe, charles joseph, biography, history - australia, eureka stockade - ballarat, politics and government, settlers - australia -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Book, Leaving their mark: a tribute some of those who left their mark and reside in Boroondara (Kew) Cemetery, 2014
FOBKC (Friends of Boroondara Kew Cemetery) has previously published "Triangle of Tranquility":150 years of the Boroondara (Kew) Cemetery. 1859-2009 Gives brief biographies of many of the people buried in the Kew Cemetery from all walks of life, including the Henty family, Georgiana McCrae, George Coppin, Sir Owen Dixon and the Duffy family of lawyers.Gives brief biographies of many of the people buried in the Kew Cemetery from all walks of life, including the Henty family, Georgiana McCrae, George Coppin, Sir Owen Dixon and the Duffy family of lawyers.boroondara general cemetery, cemeteries, kew cemetery, fobkc, friends of boroondara kew cemetery -
Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group
Work on paper - James Russell Thomson 1818-1886, A Short Biography, 2/2010
This summary of Thomson's life and work by Doctor John Garner is more comprehensive than other accounts. It contains information relating to his work as a miner and his character. J.R.Thomson played an important role in the nineteenth century history of Ballarat.2 pages. 1 and 1/4 printed and 1 copy.Signed p.2 JG 2/10doctor john garner, ballarat botanic gardens, statues, miner, eureka stockade, art gallery, thomson's grave, j.r. thomson's estate., ovens diggings, redan mines, d.gillies, thomas stoddart., john garner collection, gardens, ballarat, thomson -
Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group
Work on paper - James Russell Thomson 1818-1886, A Short Biography by John Garner, 2/2010
J.R.Thomson was one of Ballarat's notable pioneers.J.R. Thomson left a generous bequest for the purchase of statues for the Botanical Gardens2 sheets of white paper with 1 &1/4 pages of printingIn italics, p.2 "Jg 2/10john garner, doctor, ballarat botanical gardens, statues, miner, ballarat art gallery, eureka rising, benefactor., john garner collection, gardens, ballarat, thomson -
Clunes Museum
Book - BIOGRAPHY, LES HUGHES, A YOUNG AUSTRALIAN PIONEER HENRY MUNDY, 2003
THE BIOGRAPHY OF HENRY MUNDY ABOUT HIS LIFE IN AUSTRALIA DURING THE GOLDRUSHDARK BLUE HARDCOVER BOOK WITH GOLD EMBOSSING ON SPINE: "HENRY MUNDY A YOUNG AUSTRALIAN PIONEER". BLUE PAPER DUST COVER WITH SUNSET PICTURE ON FRONT. 279 PAGES non-fictionTHE BIOGRAPHY OF HENRY MUNDY ABOUT HIS LIFE IN AUSTRALIA DURING THE GOLDRUSHhenry mundy, les hughes, historical autobiography