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| − | David Rattray was born at Kinsfauns, Perthshire, [[Scotland]]. | + | David Rattray was born at Kinsfauns, Perthshire, [[Scotland]]. With his wife Catherine he sailed to Australia on the [[Mangerton]] arriving on 5 June 1852. David was paid 2 pounds for acting as the seventh Police Constable aboard the vessel. They first settled at Ballarat.<ref>Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., ''Eureka Research Directory'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.</ref> |
| − | Rattray was married to Catherine. He died on 4 January and was buried in the [[Ballaarat Old Cemetery]] along with his wife, Catherine, and their son Robert. | + | Rattray was married to Catherine Fenton at Kinnoul, Perthshire, [[Scotland]]. He died on 4 January and was buried in the [[Ballaarat Old Cemetery]] along with his wife, Catherine, and their son Robert. |
==Goldfields Involvement, 1854== | ==Goldfields Involvement, 1854== | ||
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Background
David Rattray was born at Kinsfauns, Perthshire, Scotland. With his wife Catherine he sailed to Australia on the Mangerton arriving on 5 June 1852. David was paid 2 pounds for acting as the seventh Police Constable aboard the vessel. They first settled at Ballarat.[1]
Rattray was married to Catherine Fenton at Kinnoul, Perthshire, Scotland. He died on 4 January and was buried in the Ballaarat Old Cemetery along with his wife, Catherine, and their son Robert.
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Post 1854 Experiences
A miner who signed the Benden Sherritt Hassell Compensation Case Petition in 1855. [2]
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
