David Brough
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Background
David Brough was born on 01 December 1821 at Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland to parents Peter Brough & Mary Williamson. He married Jean Cameron on 24 July 1847 at Blairgowrie, and they sailed to Australia on the Emma Eugenia landing at Portland in 1852 with their two daughters.[1]
David Brough died on 01 November 1900 at Bendigo,[2] and is buried in Bendigo Cemetery.[3]
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
The Brough family in Ballarat at the time of the Eureka Stockade, and heard the shots of the battle In 1856 David Brough was a miner residing at Ballarat when he signed the Benden Hassell Petition. [4]
Post 1854 Experiences
Brough later moved to Moyston and Bendigo. He spent some time in Charters Towers, Queensland while his family remained in Bendigo.[5]
Obituary
- DEATH. BROUGH — On November 1, at his residence, Arnold. street, David Brough, aged 79 years.<Bendigo Independent, 02 November 1900.</ref>
- The Friends of the late Mr. DAVID BROUGH are respectfully invited to follow his remains to the Bendigo Cemetery. The funeral is appointed to move from his late residnece, Anrold-Street, this day, at four o'clock.[6]
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J., Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
- ↑ Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
- ↑ Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
- ↑ Bendigo Adverstiser, 03 November 1900.
- ↑ Wickham, Dorothy, Shot in the Dark: Being the Petition for the Compensation Case of Benden S. Hassell, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1998.
- ↑ Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
- ↑ Bendigo Adverstiser, 03 November 1900.
