David Brough
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Background
David Brough was born on 01 December 1821 at Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland to parents Peter Brough & Mary Williamson. He married Jean Cameron on 24 July 1847 at Blairgowrie, and they sailed to Australia on the Emma Eugenia landing at Portland in 1852 with their two daughters.[1]
David Brough died on 01 November 1900 at Bendigo.[2]
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
The Brough family in Ballarat at the time of the Eureka Stockade, and heard the shots of the battle In 1856 David Brough was a miner residing at Ballarat when he signed the Benden Hassell Petition. [3]
Post 1854 Experiences
Brough later moved to Moyston and Bendigo. He spent some time in Charters Towers, Queensland while his family remained in Bendigo.[4]
Obituary
DEATH. BROUGH — On November 1, at his residence, Arnold. street, David Brough, aged 79 years.<Bendigo Independent, 02 November 1900.</ref>
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
- ↑ Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
- ↑ Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
- ↑ Wickham, Dorothy, Shot in the Dark: Being the Petition for the Compensation Case of Benden S. Hassell, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1998.
- ↑ Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
