George Thomson
[[File:IMG_0286-wiki.jpg|1000px|thumb|right|Red Ribbon Movement monument in Rosalind Park, Bendigo, 2013, Courtesy Ballarat Heritage Services]
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Background
George Edward Thomson was born on 03 October 1826, at Coupar Angus, Perthshire, Scotland. He arrived in Australia on the Blorenge in November 1852. Thomson married Rosalind Harper in Daylesford in 1863. [1]
George Thomson died on 17 January 1889, and is buried in the Bendigo Cemetery.[2]
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
He moved to Bendigo in 1853, and was active in the formatoinof the Anti-Gold-License Association in June 1853.[3]
Post 1854 Experiences
Thomson was a sympathiser with those involved at the Eureka Stockade, and gave evidence at the Royal Commission into the Eureka uprising. He set up a legal practice in Castlemaine, serving on the Local Council. In 1875 he moved back to Bendigo.[4]
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
External links
http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/thomson-george-edward-4716/text7761
