Thomas O'Neill

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Memorial to those who died as a result of the Eureka Stockade located in the Eureka Stockade Memorial Park. Photography: Clare Gervasoni 2013.

Background

Thomas O'Neill was born at County Kilkenny, Ireland. [1] The death certificate of Thomas O'Neil records that he was born around 1824 Paulstown, Kilkenny, Ireland.

Goldfields Involvement, 1854

He was killed during the storming of the Eureka Stockade on 3 December 1854. His father's name was John O'Neil/O'Neill. Thomas said he was a farmer, and immigrated to Victoria in 1851. He was a pikeman, who had two broken legs and a musket ball in his body but was still using his pike when he was killed. The informant on his death certificate was Dennis Keys, a storekeeper. O'Neill Drive in the Ballaarat Old Cemetery is named after Thomas O'Neil/O'Neill. [2]

Post 1854 Experiences

See also

Further Reading

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


References

  1. Adelaide Advertiser, 3 December 1904.
  2. Dorothy Wickham, Deaths at Eureka, 1996.

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