Letter from Thomas O’Rourke to Mary O’Rourke
- Name
- Letter from Thomas O’Rourke to Mary O’Rourke
- Type
- Letter / Correspondence
- Description
- Manuscript letter written from the Ballarat diggings describing working conditions, licence inspections, and rumours of unrest preceding the Eureka uprising.
- Author
- Thomas O’Rourke
- Location
- Ballarat East
- Keywords
- gold rush, correspondence, Irish migration, mining camps, Eureka
- License
- Public Domain
- Media
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