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==Background==
 
==Background==
  
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John Dunlop was one of the earliest miners on the Ballarat diggings when he found gold in August 1851. <ref>Clark, Ian D.,
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Another Side of Eureka - the Aboriginal presence on the Ballarat goldfields in 1854- Were Aboriginal people involved in the Eureka rebellion?, University of Ballarat, 2007.</ref> The Select Committee of late 1853 that sought to reward discoverers of Victorian goldfields, asked Dunlop when he arrived at Ballarat, ''When you arrived you are sure there was no one there?'' Dunlop replied, ''No; there was no sign of any one, only a few huts belonging to the natives''. <Ref>Stacpoole 1971, p11).</ref>
  
 
==Goldfields Involvement, 1854==
 
==Goldfields Involvement, 1854==

Revision as of 12:36, 20 July 2013

John Dunlop, Courtesy Ballarat Heritage Services Picture Collection.

Background

John Dunlop was one of the earliest miners on the Ballarat diggings when he found gold in August 1851. [1] The Select Committee of late 1853 that sought to reward discoverers of Victorian goldfields, asked Dunlop when he arrived at Ballarat, When you arrived you are sure there was no one there? Dunlop replied, No; there was no sign of any one, only a few huts belonging to the natives. [2]

Goldfields Involvement, 1854

Post 1854 Experiences

See also

Further Reading

Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.


References

  1. Clark, Ian D., Another Side of Eureka - the Aboriginal presence on the Ballarat goldfields in 1854- Were Aboriginal people involved in the Eureka rebellion?, University of Ballarat, 2007.
  2. Stacpoole 1971, p11).

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