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Work on paper - Photo of Thomas Rooney, Curator, Ballarat Botanical Gardens, 1896-1914, Unknown

Photo of Tom ROONEY, Curator, Ballarat Botanical Gardens, died 1914

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Rooney Grave, Ballarat Old Cemetery, Section DN, Row 02, Grave 11 & 12. Thomas Edmond Rooney died May 1914, aged 57 years.

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Thomas Rooney, death 1914, entry Victorian Birth, Deaths & Marriages Records

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Historical information

Thomas Rooney was born in Den Carvan, Ireland, spent 36 years in Australia. Tom was married with nine children, he died 6th May 1914, aged 57 years, and at that time he was the Curator of the Ballarat Botanical Gardens.

Significance

As Curator of the Ballarat Botanical Gardens Thomas Rooney made the begonia and orchid houses famous throughout Australia, which was part of his valuable contribution to the development of the Gardens.

Physical description

Black and white reproduction of an old photograph of T.Rooney in an oval frame with a black background

Inscriptions & markings

T.Rooney is printed at the bottom of the photograph and underlined.

Subjects

Identifier

JGC F4 006

Date made

Unknown

Production methods

Photograph

Materials

white photographic paper

Measurements

Length: 180, Width: 130

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Victorian Collections

https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/6283451b4c50ff2668cb394a

Accessed 22 November 2024

This record was last updated 2 years ago

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Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group
Work on paper - Charles Robert Rooney, Gardener, Son of Tom Rooney, Curator, Ballarat Botanical Gardens, p.1 Computer print-out - 21/11/2016. p3. 9/7/1915 p.4 11/4/1917. p.5. 22/10/1915

Charles Robert Rooney was born 1894 and worked as a gardener at the Ballarat Botanical Gardens until joining the Army in July 1915, aged 21 years. Charles was recorded as "Killed in Action" on 26th November 1917. Charles was the son of Tom Rooney, curator at the gardens until 1914.
Little is known of Charles Rooney's contribution to the Ballarat Botanical Gardens, as he was only twenty-one when he enlisted and went to War and was reported "killed in action".
All visible. 2 copies. Copy 1, 1 page and a quarter. Copy 2 half of page 1.
p. 3. Enlistment form filled in longhand in black ink, with blue ink numbers superimposed and crossings out in red. p.4. Statement of Service form filled in longhand in black, blue and red ink. p.5. Will typed with "Soldiers' Pay section'" stamped and signed, top of the page.
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