Historical information

The Death, Funeral and Will reported in the Ballarat Star indicate the importance and high regard in which J.R. Thomson was held as one of Ballarat's pioneers.

Significance

J.R. Thomson left a generous bequest for the purchase of Statues in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens.

Physical description

Three photocopies of Articles from the Ballarat Star. the first photocopy is a column in length and is headed "Death of Mr J.Russell Thomson.The second contains a paragraph half way down the page about the funeral, without a heading and the third, a paragraph, 2nd half of the page about the Will; no heading.

Inscriptions & markings

p.1 written vertically down the page in pencil, the Star, May 27 1886, p.3 written in pencil in the 1st column, The Star, p.2, May 29.