Difference between revisions of "Alfred Hurlestone"
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− | [[File:GILL ST - Diggers hut Forest Creek - 1967.117-wiki.jpg|1000px|thumb| | + | [[File:Carboni WEP page84-wiki.jpg|1000px|thumb|right|William E. Pidgeon (WEP), Illustration from ''The Eureka Stockade'' by Raffaello Carboni, Sunnybrook Press, 1942, offset print. <br>Art Gallery of Ballarat, purchased 1994.<br>William E. Pidgeon artwork is reproduced with the permission of Peter Pidgeon]][[File:GILL ST - Diggers hut Forest Creek - 1967.117-wiki.jpg|1000px|thumb|right|Samuel Thomas Gill, ''Diggers Hut, Forest Creek,'' c1852, watercolour and gum arabic on paper. <br>Art Gallery of Ballarat, gift of Mr. Tony Hamilton and Miss. S.E. Hamilton, 1967.]] |
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
− | Alfred was born in Melbury Osmond, Dorset, [[England]]. He joined the 40th Regiment and was sent to Ireland where he boarded HMS Vulcan in 1852 at County Cork under the command of Colonel [[Thomas Valient]]. After arriving in Melbourne he spent 3 months in Dandenong. When stationed at Forest Creek where he was mounted and equipped for gold escort duty. <ref>http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/ARCHIVED2014/art/40th/hurlston.htm, acceded 07 July 2014.</ref> | + | Alfred was born in Melbury Osmond, Dorset, [[England]]. He joined the 40th Regiment and was sent to Ireland where he boarded HMS [[Vulcan]] in 1852 at County Cork under the command of Colonel [[Thomas Valient]]. After arriving in Melbourne he spent 3 months in Dandenong. When stationed at Forest Creek where he was mounted and equipped for gold escort duty. <ref>http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/ARCHIVED2014/art/40th/hurlston.htm, acceded 07 July 2014.</ref> |
==Goldfields Involvement, 1854== | ==Goldfields Involvement, 1854== | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
− | Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. ''The Eureka Encyclopaedia'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004. | + | Corfield, J., Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. ''The Eureka Encyclopaedia'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004. |
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:52, 24 February 2019
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Background
Alfred was born in Melbury Osmond, Dorset, England. He joined the 40th Regiment and was sent to Ireland where he boarded HMS Vulcan in 1852 at County Cork under the command of Colonel Thomas Valient. After arriving in Melbourne he spent 3 months in Dandenong. When stationed at Forest Creek where he was mounted and equipped for gold escort duty. [1]
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
In 1854 Alfred Hurlestone was sent to Ballarat with the 40th Regiment where he helped to quell the riots at Eureka.[2]
Post 1854 Experiences
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J., Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
- ↑ http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/ARCHIVED2014/art/40th/hurlston.htm, acceded 07 July 2014.
- ↑ http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/ARCHIVED2014/art/40th/hurlston.htm, acceded 07 July 2014.
External links
http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/ARCHIVED2014/art/40th/hurlston.htm