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Gleeson was one of 123 taken prisoner at Eureka on or soon after the Eureka battle, but were released for lack of evidence. <ref>Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., ''Eureka Research Directory'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.</ref> | Gleeson was one of 123 taken prisoner at Eureka on or soon after the Eureka battle, but were released for lack of evidence. <ref>Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., ''Eureka Research Directory'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.</ref> | ||
| − | :... At the Police Court on Saturday, [[Michael Kennedy]], [[William Develin]], [[John Pardy]], [[Patrick Kennedy]], [[James Sexton]], [[Daniel Macartney]], [[James Ashburn]], [[John Leadow]], [[Herman Steinman]], [[William Wickley]], [[William Somerville]], [[Jeremiah Hogan]], [[William Avondale]], [[Samuel Penny]], [[Patrick Hickey]], [[Joseph Walker]], [[John Kelly]], [[Cornelius Peters]], [[William Stafford]], [[Carl Anderson]] (a Swede), [[Patrick Meade]], and [[Michael Gleeson]], were discharged. In some of these cases there was either no evidence against the prisoners, or they were only proved guilty of living in the neighborhood of the stockade, and giving no information as to its erection. [[Edmund Bohen]], [[Michael Meagher]], | + | :... At the Police Court on Saturday, [[Michael Kennedy]], [[William Develin]], [[John Pardy]], [[Patrick Kennedy]], [[James Sexton]], [[Daniel Macartney]], [[James Ashburn]], [[John Leadow]], [[Herman Steinman]], [[William Wickley]], [[William Somerville]], [[Jeremiah Hogan]], [[William Avondale]], [[Samuel Penny]], [[Patrick Hickey]], [[Joseph Walker]], [[John Kelly]], [[Cornelius Peters]], [[William Stafford]], [[Carl Anderson]] (a Swede), [[Patrick Meade]], and [[Michael Gleeson]], were discharged. In some of these cases there was either no evidence against the prisoners, or they were only proved guilty of living in the neighborhood of the stockade, and giving no information as to its erection. [[Edmund Bohen]], [[Michael Meagher]], [[William Galloway]], [[James Barclay]], [[Michael Butler]], [[John Lynch]]; and Chas Doolan, were defended by Mr Dunne, and discharged. ... <ref>''The Argus'', 12 December 1854.</ref> |
| − | [[William Galloway]], [[James Barclay]], [[Michael Butler]], [[John Lynch]]; and Chas Doolan, were defended by Mr Dunne, and discharged. ... <ref>''The Argus'', 12 December 1854.</ref> | ||
==Post 1854 Experiences== | ==Post 1854 Experiences== | ||
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Background
Michael Gleeson was born in 1823, and baptised at Gowran, Kilkenny, Ireland on 02 March 1823. He arrived Victoria 1852.[1]
He was the brother of Martin Gleeson and Edward Gleeson. [2]
Gleeson died in 1899.[3]
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Gleeson was one of 123 taken prisoner at Eureka on or soon after the Eureka battle, but were released for lack of evidence. [4]
- ... At the Police Court on Saturday, Michael Kennedy, William Develin, John Pardy, Patrick Kennedy, James Sexton, Daniel Macartney, James Ashburn, John Leadow, Herman Steinman, William Wickley, William Somerville, Jeremiah Hogan, William Avondale, Samuel Penny, Patrick Hickey, Joseph Walker, John Kelly, Cornelius Peters, William Stafford, Carl Anderson (a Swede), Patrick Meade, and Michael Gleeson, were discharged. In some of these cases there was either no evidence against the prisoners, or they were only proved guilty of living in the neighborhood of the stockade, and giving no information as to its erection. Edmund Bohen, Michael Meagher, William Galloway, James Barclay, Michael Butler, John Lynch; and Chas Doolan, were defended by Mr Dunne, and discharged. ... [5]
Post 1854 Experiences
Gleeson obtained land at Anakie in 1868 and built 2 dwellings on it and probably housed his aged parents, Edward Senior and Mary Lyons.[6]
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, 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.
- ↑ The Argus, 12 December 1854.
- ↑ Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
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