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| − | He was born on 18 November at [[CarrShield, Northumberland]], the son of [[John Bell]] and Margaret (Walton). He emigrated to Australia in 1853 on the [[Tasmania]] arriving in [[Melbourne]]. He immediately started out for Ballarat and worked on the [[Eureka Lead]] making and selling mining equipment. | + | He was born on 18 November at [[CarrShield, Northumberland]], the son of [[John Bell]] and Margaret (Walton). He emigrated to Australia in 1853 on the [[Tasmania]] arriving in [[Melbourne]]. He immediately started out for Ballarat and worked on the [[Eureka Lead]] making and selling mining equipment.<ref>Dorothy Wickham, Women of the Diggings: Ballarat 1854, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2009.</ref> |
==Goldfields Involvement, 1854== | ==Goldfields Involvement, 1854== | ||
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Background
He was born on 18 November at CarrShield, Northumberland, the son of John Bell and Margaret (Walton). He emigrated to Australia in 1853 on the Tasmania arriving in Melbourne. He immediately started out for Ballarat and worked on the Eureka Lead making and selling mining equipment.[1]
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
William Walton ‘Baron’ Bell married Eliza Robinson on 21 June 1855 and they produced ten children in the Creswick, Spring Hill vicinity. William was inside the Eureka Stockade when it was stormed on 3 December 1854.
Post 1854 Experiences
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
- ↑ Dorothy Wickham, Women of the Diggings: Ballarat 1854, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2009.
External links
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