Work on paper - Restored grave of city benefactor unveiled c2010, James Russell Thomson, c 2010
Restored grave of city benefactor, James Russell Thomson, unveiled c.2010, Ballarat Courier.
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J.Russell Thomson made his fortune from gold mining and was one of Ballarat's great benefactors.
Significance
While J.Russell Thomson left a generous bequest to be spent on statues in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens, it is claimed that he played an active role in the events of the Eureka Stockade.
Physical description
A narrow wide piece of newsprint with a coloured photograph with caption, left hand side, folded and dog-eared right hand side.
Inscriptions & markings
None. Very likely cut out of the Ballarat Courier newspaper, c2010.
