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Re: CIRCUS
« Reply #9 on: Saturday 02 January 16 02:02 GMT (UK) »
Thank you Sue.  I think that's where the descendants sourced their data.  Have to check how the place of birth and age fits the convict indent (when I get to it).  Interesting, death registered in Victoria, but buried in NSW. 

I've been tracking the various ROYAL circuses through Trove - there are at least three of them!  I am hoping to find when there is a change of ownership/management.  Best prospect is Mr Jones's Royal Circus which appears to be the only one advertising touring any goldfields.  Need to give my eyes a rest!   More later. 

 

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« Reply #10 on: Saturday 02 January 16 03:12 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: Jaznjjj on Saturday 02 January 16 02:02 GMT (UK)
   Interesting, death registered in Victoria, but buried in NSW. 
   

Have you opened and read the link I posted in reply #2?

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« Reply #11 on: Saturday 02 January 16 03:38 GMT (UK) »
Yes, thanks Sue.  I had found that one previously and printed it off.  I have a stack of print-outs to go through again in finer detail.  Tinker's son, "Stuttering Charlie" would have been ten years old in 1858 so the friendship formed with Hely (who arrived in Wagga in 1858 according to that newspaper article) seems to indicate the circus carried on after Tinker's death. 

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« Reply #12 on: Saturday 02 January 16 04:43 GMT (UK) »
I have a book "Spangles & Sawdust - The Circus in Australia by Mark StLeon

Pg 32
The association of William "Tinker" Brown with Australian circus was short but colourful.
While the town of Beechworth was wallowing in the wealth of accumulated wealth from the surrounding goldfields, the arrival of BROWN's circus, ostentatiously entitled his "Royal Amphitheatre and Roman Coliseum" led to events immortalised in an incident known as "The Golden Horseshoes of Beechworth.

William Brown was the licensee of the New Ferry Hotel in Wagga Wagga
In 1855, he formed his own circus.
ARTHUR -Yorkshire - my brick wall
HINCHCLIFFE/HINCLIFE -Yorkshire -2nd brick wall
HAWES -Cornwall
SIMPSON -Yorkshire Kildwick.
VINEN - Wiltshire -convict
SALT - Hungerford
BURROWS - Edinburgh -convict.
Husbands side
BAXTER -Scotland -Fife
WATSON - Scotland Dunino
SERVICE - Paisley Renfrewshire
LESEBERG - Salzgitter Germany
BRUNKE - Salzgitter Germany

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« Reply #13 on: Saturday 02 January 16 04:49 GMT (UK) »
Wow, many thanks for that snippet. 

I think the 1941 cutting I posted earlier suggests the circus stopped after his death.

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I wonder that that book has cited its sources ... if so, perhaps our OP would be interested in following those back to their primary origins.   :)

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« Reply #14 on: Saturday 02 January 16 04:56 GMT (UK) »
This thread is a goldmine in its own right!   Thank you all those 'digging' on my behalf.  Might put 'Spangles and Sawdust' on my wish list with my local antiquarian bookshop.  My goodness - 'Royal Amphitheatre and Roman Coliseum'!!!
One of the comments in the notes I have accumulated indicated that Tinker bought a circus with all the trappings.  That is the transaction I am hoping to locate.  Looks like 1855 could narrow down the timeframe and he may have re-named his purchase.   

I'm trying to reconcile the events and dates.   Yes, primary sources would be good. 

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« Reply #15 on: Saturday 02 January 16 05:06 GMT (UK) »
I decided to float over to Beechworth.com - this is their text.  Tinker and his circus (and the fact that he owned the horse) does not rate a mention! 

Golden Legends

Beechworth's annual Golden Horseshoes Festival now celebrates these
historic and turbulent political times and a gold legend.

A colourful election in September 1855 followed bitter clashes between the two factions of rivalry miners ('Monkeys' and 'Punchers'), and the birth of the Golden Horseshoes legend.

The most popular belief is that the horseshoes were made from gold supplied by "Big" Johnston, owner of the Woolshed field's richest claim. To support their candidate on polling day, a procession of flag-waving, banner-carrying 'Monkeys' marched to Beechworth from the Woolshed diggings. The golden horseshoes were not fitted to the horse until the procession reached the old Vine Hotel, one mile from Beechworth, and they were removed upon arrival into town. Legend has it that they were one ounce lighter after the one mile!

Huge crowds, free beer and brass bands added to the day's chaos, and although at one stage the police placed a cordon across the main street, they eventually gave up trying to control the crowds. Finally, both candidates appeared at the balcony of the Star Hotel and by a show of hands (holding their miners' rights documents) - Daniel Cameron, the man with the Golden Horseshoes - was declared elected. It is no surprise that the 'Puncher' demanded a recount, which was duly held at the Courthouse the following day. Cameron was again declared the elected candidate and "Big" Johnston celebrated the win with a 300 pound champagne shout.

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« Reply #16 on: Saturday 02 January 16 05:10 GMT (UK) »
"Brown's Royal Amphitheatre and Roman Coliseum"

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/118312561

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« Reply #17 on: Saturday 02 January 16 05:15 GMT (UK) »
Wagga Wagga Cemetery:

BROWN W C., 40, 28/03/1855, ANG-X-33-0010
Wagga Monumental Cemetery, ANGLICAN, Row 33, PORTION X, 0010

BROWN S E., 77,10/06/1883, ANG-X-33-0009
Wagga Monumental Cemetery, ANGLICAN, Row 33, PORTION X, 0009

The day & month of William's death appears to be wrong... possibly taken from headstone  :-\
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