Robert Booley
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Background
Robert Booley was politically active families in Ipswich, County Suffolk, England. He was a non-conformist and fought for the Chartist principals of equal rights and representations for all men. He arrived in Australia with his family on the Berkshire.[1]
Robert Booley was known as a powerfully persuasive speaker who devoted much of his life in Ipswich to promoting the essential points of the Chartist movement: equal electoral opportunities for all men, annual parliaments, the payment of elected representatives so as to enable anyone to be able to serve a constituency, and the right for all men to vote.[2]
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Robert Booley spoke to disenchanted diggers across the goldfields, including at Mount Alexander in November 1851.[3]
Post 1854 Experiences
As an orator for the Geelong-based People’s Movement Robert Booley was considered a popular, persuasive if not somewhat eccentric orator who was talented in reaching the working class. And as a member of the 8 Hour Working party Robert Booley senior was playing a part in shaping Australia’s future political landscape, particularly in the aftermath of the 1854 Eureka Rebellion.[4]
Family
Robert Booeley's son, Robert Francis Booley, was born in Suffolk, England. Robert Booley Jnr and Catherine McPherson (1829-1869) arrived at Point Henry, Victoria on board the Berkshire on 03 October 1848. Robert and Catherine married in Geelong in 1849. Both came from politically active families in Ipswich, County Suffolk, England. Both families were non-conformist believers, refusing to accept the impositions of the Church of England and fought for equal rights and representations for all men. Robert Jnr died in 1975 and is buried at the Ballaarat Old Cemetery (Section 4 Row 1 Grave 26). [5]
See also
Further Reading
References
- ↑ https://jfawcettblog.com/2016/05/21/heartbreak-hotel-booley-family-grave-at-ballarats-old-cemetery/, accessed 08/02/2017.
- ↑ https://jfawcettblog.com/2016/05/21/heartbreak-hotel-booley-family-grave-at-ballarats-old-cemetery/, accessed 08/02/2017.
- ↑ https://jfawcettblog.com/2016/05/21/heartbreak-hotel-booley-family-grave-at-ballarats-old-cemetery/, accessed 08/02/2017.
- ↑ https://jfawcettblog.com/2016/05/21/heartbreak-hotel-booley-family-grave-at-ballarats-old-cemetery/, accessed 08/02/2017.
- ↑ https://jfawcettblog.com/2016/05/21/heartbreak-hotel-booley-family-grave-at-ballarats-old-cemetery/, accessed 08/02/2017.
External links
https://jfawcettblog.com/2016/05/21/heartbreak-hotel-booley-family-grave-at-ballarats-old-cemetery/, accessed 08/02/2017.
