People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

7 February, 1832
Ballycloghan, Antrim, Ireland

Death

11 June, 1895 (aged 63)
London, Middlesex, England

Cultural Heritage

Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.

• Irish

Occupation

• goldminer
• grazier (sheep)
• Member of Lower House
• Member of Upper House

Awards

• Knight Bachelor

Legacies

• Wilson Hall, University of Melbourne

Key Organisations

• University of Melbourne

Key Places

• Ballarat goldfields (Vic)
• Bendigo goldfields (Vic)
• Freyer's Creek goldfields (Vic)
• Ovens goldfields (Vic)
• Stawell goldfields (Vic)

Properties

• Longerenong (Vic)
• Green Hills (Vic)
• Kirkwood (Vic)
• Marma Downs (Vic)
• St Helens (Vic)
• Ashens (Vic)
• Talgany (Vic)
• Vectis (Vic)
• Walmer (Vic)
• Yanko (NSW)
• Corangamite (Vic)
• Ercildoune (Vic)
• Marathon (Vic)
• Mount Bute (Vic)
• Dunlop (NSW)
• Toorale (NSW)

Stately Homes

• Ercildoun homestead (Vic)