Historical information
James Oddie is an archetypal example of the young men of British origin who came to the Ballarat diggings hoping to make their fortune during the Gold Rush and stayed on to establish the foundations of the regional centre that became the modern city of today.
Significance
James Oddie witnessed the Eureka Stockade and played a significant role in the formative years of Ballarat's development.
Physical description
Part of a single newspaper sheet, folded, yellow with age.
Inscriptions & markings
None
Subjects
- chartists,
- eureka stockade,
- geelong,
- buninyong,
- doctor lang,
- foundry business,
- storeman,
- licences,
- estate agent,
- benefactor,
- ballarat benevolent asylum,
- rachel riding,
- female refuge,
- ballarat bank,
- mount pleasant observatory,
- electric light,
- trams,
- ballarat botanical gardens,
- railways,
- ballarat art gallery,
- john garner collection,
- gardens,
- ballarat
