Henry Hammon
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Background
Hamman was born at Kent, England in 1829. Hammon married Elizabeth Coates on 16 June 1856. His second marriage was to Isabella Peter on 18 January 1870. Hammon died in 1907, and was buried at Creswick Cemetery[1] on 22 August 1907.[2]
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Henry Hammon was living in Creswick in 1854 and was in the contingent of diggers who left Creswick for the Eureka Stockade.[3]
According to John Graham: The Creswick contingent set out on 30 November 1854 from a grog shanty at Long Point, Creswick led by an Hanovarian band playing the Marseillaise. It proceeded along the densely crowded Clark's Flat, where stump orations were delivered and licenses burnt. Firearms were eagerly sought, and crowbar and pick-handles came into requisition. The scratch army swelled as it passed along the Black Lead and the centre of town until it reached 400 to 500. Provisions, horses and ammunition were commandeered as they walked four deep towards Ballarat, but 'a heavy thunderstorm not only drenched their bodies but cooled their ardour', and not many reached the Eureka Stockade. The following day around 200 departed. One of these was Henry Hammon. [4]
Post 1854 Experiences
After the Eureka Stockade Hammon returned to his store at Creswick. [5]
Newsworthy
JUNCTION BRIDGE.— Our enterprising colonist, Mr. Henry Hammon, has received per-mission from the Commissioners to construct a bridge over the gully near the junction of Slaty Creek and Creswick's Creek. At present this gully is almost impassible for drays, and too much praise cannot be given to the projector for his spirited undertaking, as this is the principal route between Melbourne and Creswick.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
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.
- ↑ http://search.cemsearch.com.au:8008/mapguide/Creswick/Public/index.php, accessed 25 August 2018.
- ↑ Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
- ↑ Graham, John A. Early Creswick: The First Century, Arbuckle, Waddell Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 1942, p58.
- ↑ Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
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