Michael Hanrahan
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Background
Michael Hanrahan was born on 01 January 1854 at Ennis, County Clare, Ireland. [1]He married Mary McAllan at St Alipius on 14 January 1862. [2]
Hanrahan died 04 January 1912, aged 86.[3]
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Michael Hanrahan arrived in Ballarat on 1 January 1854. Hanrahan was chosen as Captain of the Pikemen among the diggers, and was said to be Peter Lalor’s right hand man. Hanrahan was in the Eureka Stockade on Saturday afternoon, but not at time of battle. Late on Saturday 02 December he led a group of miners to slow down the soldiers, but they came the wrong way.[4]
Post 1854 Experiences
Hanrahan sought compensation from the Government for his tent being burnt inside the Eureka Stockade. [5]
Hanrahan lived at Ballarat, and was recorded on the 1855 Electoral Roll, under the electoral qualification of Miner’s Right. He settled on the slopes of Mt Warrenheip. He moved to Bungaree and started potato farming on land which is still owned by his descendants.[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.
- ↑ The Savages of Bungaree.
- ↑ 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.
