Australian History

Thunderbolt, Mr Fredrick Wordsworth Ward

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Thunderbolt was a frequent visitor to a farrier in Bingra, where he was known and never revealed

So Whats the current question again?

Rockrat, I assume you gave the answer out, can you nominate someone to ask a question so we try and get this topic up and running again.
Cheers
Manpa

There are Wards buried in the Upper Colo cemetery along with the parents of other families that migrated to the New England area.

okay, i think Gilly would be the man,
over to you Gilly, next question please. :Y:

Gilly is that the question?

Other families in the Upper Colo cemetery include: Blundell, Caterson, Gill, Gosper, Haberman, Hulbert, Jones, Phipps and the Simmons families, along with the Wards.

Now if that wasn't the question, I'm gonna feel like a goose.

Good answer megsy take it away

Oh yay me! OK, give this one a shot, guys...

Who am I?

I was born in Scotland in 1822. At 14 years old, my family migrated to Sydney.

There, I became a qualified solicitor in 1847.

In 1850 I sailed to California and was trading in San Francisco when it was destroyed by fire.

I returned to Australia and went to the Bendigo diggings with my brothers in 1852, where I was a miner and an active political speaker there.

I was one of the seven guarantors for Ebenezer Syme who bought The Age, and was one of its early contributors.

In 1854 I was a prospering Melbourne solicitor and threw myself, pro bono, into the successful defence of the Eureka Stockade rebels, and was instrumental in achieving the miners right to vote, and land rights for them. I wrote The Land Bill that included the right to smallholding licences near goldfields for land up to 160acres.

I was a politician for 30 years until my death in 1885.

My brother-in-law, David, was one of the men on the defence team who defended Ned Kelly (albeit not very well, but he gave it a shot!).

Who am I?

James McPherson Grant?

Oh geez! What was that? 5 minutes?! I thought it was a tough one too!

Although, (splitting hairs) the spelling is James Macpherson Grant - and I know that, because he was my pop's great grandfather.

Well done Manpa - over to you, mate!

Cheers,
Megsy

Thanks Megsy, bit of history there in your family.
It was only easy because of the volume of clues you gave, drip feed us and you will keep us guessing / googling.

Ok, here we go, I was one of three built in the mid 1800s in Victoria, what am I and where am I?

Cheers

Dredge? maldon?

oh mid 1800s,probably a bit early for dredges

Sorry GC, not the Eldorado dredge.

Ok just poured my second coffee,brain cells are waking up.

Goverment stampers? no idea on location though....

Nope, not directly related to gold but because of the increase in the gold population it may be indirectly connected.

Another clue, I was surrounded by distinctive Ha-ha walls.

Asylum at Beechworth?