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| − | :Robert Coombs, retired pioneer farmer, aged 84 years, died at Molong on Thursday night. He was born on the | + | :Robert Coombs, retired pioneer farmer, aged 84 years, died at Molong on Thursday night. He was born on the Tichborne Estate, in Dorsetshire, [[England]], and arrived at Melbourne in 1854. He was at Ballarat at the time of the [[Eureka Stockade]], and was known on the principal old goldfields of New South Wales and Victoria. When a boy he played with Sir Roger Tichborne, and was afterwards his valet. <ref>''Perth Daily News'', 5 June 1922.</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 17:16, 15 October 2017
Contents
Background
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Post 1854 Experiences
Oituary
- Robert Coombs, retired pioneer farmer, aged 84 years, died at Molong on Thursday night. He was born on the Tichborne Estate, in Dorsetshire, England, and arrived at Melbourne in 1854. He was at Ballarat at the time of the Eureka Stockade, and was known on the principal old goldfields of New South Wales and Victoria. When a boy he played with Sir Roger Tichborne, and was afterwards his valet. [1]
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J., Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
- ↑ Perth Daily News, 5 June 1922.
External links
http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/art/12th_regt_list.htm
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