Morgan Lee

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Background

Morgan Lee was from Galway, Ireland[1] on 25 March 1811. After the tragic loss of his wife and child during the 1840s Irish potato famine, Morgan Lee came to Australia.[2]

MOrgan Lee arrived in South Australia and worked on a farm for a year before venturing to Ballarat, where he became a digger and a Eureka Stockader.He arrived in South Australia and worked on a farm for a year before venturing to Ballarat, where he became a digger and a Eureka Stockade

He died on 16 June 1883 and is buried in the Ballaarat New Cemetery. A gravestone was first placed on his grave in February 2016. His epitaph ends with “At rest beneath the South Cross.” [3]

Goldfields Involvement, 1854

Post 1854 Experiences

Morgan Lee became a mine owner, a gentleman and a community leader.[4]

See also

Newsworthy

Old Ballaratians will remember Morgan Lee, of Band of Hope, Hand and Band, and other mining companies. He is old now and cold (pecuniarily), and has turned publican, whereby to warm his remaining days. Not many years ago he had thousands in the bank and other moneys at usance. One of his borrowers died, and Morgan took the widow to wife, and so re deemed the mortgage for the dead man.[5]

Further Reading

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


References

  1. Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate, 30 June 1883.
  2. Ballarat Courier, 08 February 2016.
  3. Ballarat Courier, 08 February 2016.
  4. Ballarat Courier, 08 February 2016.
  5. Bendigo Advertiser, 6 April 1878.

External links

http://www.thecourier.com.au/story/3710965/eureka-tribute-to-forebear/



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