James Wilburd

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Eureka Veterans at the Monument, 1904
Back Row - left to right: 1. Mr Main (Morwell Area) 2. Michael Carroll (Ballarat) 3. Charles Trompf (Maryborough) 4. _________ 5. Francis Manallack (Brunswick) 6. William Braidie (Sebastopol) 7. W. Hanrahan (Timor) 8. ________ 9. ________

2nd Back Row - left to right: 10. ________ 11. James Lang (Bangerong) 12. E. O'Mahoney (Warragul) 13. _________ 14. Alexander McLaren (Korumburra) 15. ________ 16. ________ 17. ________ 18. A. McNair (Brunswick)

3rd Back Row - left to right: 19. ________ 20. John Kemp (Morwell Area) 21. ________ 22. Mr. George Firmin (Morwell) 23. ________ 24. Mr Haywood (Morwell Area) 25. Robert Batty (Havelock) 26. ________ 27. ________

Front Row - left to right: 28. ________ 29. James Wilburd (Bathurst, NSW) 30. Laurence Holmes (Arawata) 31. Michael Tuohy 32. A. Third (Bolamwel) 33. ________


Background

1854 Experiences

Post 1854 Experiences

James Wilburd lived in Bathurst, then New Zealand.

Obituary

Another of the five remaining New Zealanders who took part in the fight at Eureka Stockade has just died — Mr James Wilburd, a resident of Bathurst for over half a century. He had attained the great age of 87 years. He arrived in Australia when 19 years of age, and was amongst the men who took part in the riots at Ballarat in December, 1854, which culminated in the attack on the Eureka Stockade, where a number of men were killed. Mr Wilburd was wounded in the melee, and always retained the old Winchester rifle he used on that occasion. An old gentleman still lives at. Arch Hill who arrived at the stockade the morning after the fight, and saw the bodies of the miners laid out prior to burial.[1]


References

  1. WAIMATE DAILY ADVERTISER, 1 MARCH 1918.