Elizabeth Humffray
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Background
Elizabeth was married to John Basson Humffray. She died on 7 July 1902 aged 82 years.
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
The Leader newspaper.[1] At the meeting on Bakery Hill, held on 11 November 1854, Humffray was elected secretary of the Ballarat Reform League. Fr Patrick Smyth, J.B. Humffray, Bishop James Goold and Fr Mathew Downing called for peaceful resistance to the harsh attitudes of the authorities. [2]
It is believed that her husband John Humffray penned the Ballarat Reform League Charter of Rights. Then Charter was presented at a meeting on 11 November 1854 in front of a crowd of about 10,000. The charter was adopted as the principles and objects of the Ballarat Reform League. It is the first document in the history of Australia to promote participatory democracy.
Post 1854 Experiences
Obituary
- DEATH OF MR. J. B. HUMFFRAY. - BALLARAT, WEDNESDAY
- "Mr J.B. Humffray, one of the first Parliamentary representatives of Ballarat East and Minister of Mines in the Heales administration died this morning after a lengthened and painful illness. He was 61 years of age, and leaves a widow and several grown up children.
In the News
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopeadia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
External links
Australian Dictionary of Biography - http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/humffray-john-basson-3818
