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| + | Dr William Wills was from Devon, England, born in 1800. He married Sarah Mary Elizabeth Calley at Totnes, Devon, in 1830. There family were: Bessy (b. 1831); William John (b. 1834); Thomas James (b. 1837); Charles Henry (b. 1839); Hannah (b. 1845).<ref>The Lamplight, Newsletter of the Ballarat Historical Society Inc., Vol 5, No. 1, Jan-Feb 1915, p. 3.</ref> | ||
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| + | After two of his sons travelled to Australia, Dr William Wills followed leaving Southampton on 09 May 1853, and arriving at Melbourne in August. By the end of 1853 he was reunited with his two sons at Ballarat. <ref>The Lamplight, Newsletter of the Ballarat Historical Society Inc., Vol 5, No. 1, Jan-Feb 1915, p. 3.</ref> | ||
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| + | Dr Wills conducted a medical practice from a tent on Bakery Hill. His son, William John Wills, who was later to die on the Bourke and Wills Expedition, worked wit his father, mainly as a dispensing Chemist.<ref>The Lamplight, Newsletter of the Ballarat Historical Society Inc., Vol 5, No. 1, Jan-Feb 1915, p. 3.</ref> | ||
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| + | Dr William Wills attended at least one meeting no Bakery Hill. <ref>The Lamplight, Newsletter of the Ballarat Historical Society Inc., Vol 5, No. 1, Jan-Feb 1915, p. 3.</ref> | ||
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Contents
Background
Dr William Wills was from Devon, England, born in 1800. He married Sarah Mary Elizabeth Calley at Totnes, Devon, in 1830. There family were: Bessy (b. 1831); William John (b. 1834); Thomas James (b. 1837); Charles Henry (b. 1839); Hannah (b. 1845).[1]
After two of his sons travelled to Australia, Dr William Wills followed leaving Southampton on 09 May 1853, and arriving at Melbourne in August. By the end of 1853 he was reunited with his two sons at Ballarat. [2]
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Dr Wills conducted a medical practice from a tent on Bakery Hill. His son, William John Wills, who was later to die on the Bourke and Wills Expedition, worked wit his father, mainly as a dispensing Chemist.[3]
Dr William Wills attended at least one meeting no Bakery Hill. [4]
Post 1854 Experiences
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
- ↑ The Lamplight, Newsletter of the Ballarat Historical Society Inc., Vol 5, No. 1, Jan-Feb 1915, p. 3.
- ↑ The Lamplight, Newsletter of the Ballarat Historical Society Inc., Vol 5, No. 1, Jan-Feb 1915, p. 3.
- ↑ The Lamplight, Newsletter of the Ballarat Historical Society Inc., Vol 5, No. 1, Jan-Feb 1915, p. 3.
- ↑ The Lamplight, Newsletter of the Ballarat Historical Society Inc., Vol 5, No. 1, Jan-Feb 1915, p. 3.
