Harriet Perrin
Contents
Background
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Family
Harriet was married to Charles Perrin, who was a baker in Main Road (then known as Plank Road).
Post 1854 Experiences
After the Eureka Riots of 1854 Harriet and Charles resided at Navigators.
Obituary
Another of the early pioneers, Mrs Harriet Perrin, relict of the late Mr Charles Perrin, died on Monday morning at the advanced age of 98 years. The deceased was a widow and landed in Victoria two days before Black Thursday. At the time of the Eureka riot, with her late husband, she was carrying on a business of a bakery and store in Plank road. Afterwards they removed to Navigators. The funeral took place on Tuesday afternoon to the Ballarat Old Cemetery. Several beautiful wreaths were sent as tributes, including one form Mr J. Wilson, Mrs and Mrs B. Challis, C. Tierney and family, and others. The coffin bearers were Messrs T. Carbury, J. Wilson, W. N. Symons, F. Sebo. The pall bearers were Messrs A. Halliday, E. Kelly, J. Rix, E. Morris. Mr. J. Cambridge (Church of Christ) conducted the service at the graveside. The funeral arrangements were carried out by Hugh Evans and Son.
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J., Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
Dorothy Wickham, Women in 'Ballarat' 1851-1871: A Case Study in Agency, PhD. School of Behavioural and Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Ballarat, March 2008.
Dorothy Wickham, Blood, Sweat and Tears: Women of Eureka in Journal of Australian Colonial History, 10, No, 1, 2008, pp. 99-115.
Dorothy Wickham, Women of the Diggings: Ballarat 1854, BHSPublishing, 2009.
http://www.eurekapedia.org/Blood,_Sweat_and_Tears:_Women_at_Eureka
Clare Wright, The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka, Text Publishing, 2013.
Dorothy Wickham, Not just a Pretty Face: Women on the Goldfields, in Pay Dirt: Ballarat & Other Gold Towns, BHSPublishing, 2019, pp. 25-36.
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