Convict transportation lists?

[cando]

They did not die on the same day, Hugh 54 yrs on 14 Dec 1854 and Archibald 40 yrs on 15 Dec 1854 and both in the Castlemaine Hospital, cause of death for them both, scurvy and dysentery.  I don't intend to sound uncaring, but their deaths would not rate a mention in the press of the day.  Nothing for place of burial.

http://www.australiancemeteries.com.au/vic/mt_alexander/castlemaine.htm
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The actual number of burials is not fully known as it is believed that some of the earlier burials were not recorded as per the information on a number of the earlier death certificates in Victoria (1853 - late 1860s) where the Deputy Registers of the areas did not list the cemeteries on the death certificates. The column was left blank.


Possibly their diet on their journey to Australia may have been deficient in Vit C.
http://www.egold.net.au/biogs/EG00117b.htm
Sickness
Disease was rife upon the goldfields, where poor sanitation meant that refuse and excrement were liable to end up in the rivers that supplied drinking water for those on the diggings. Dysentery, typhus and other contagious diseases were all represented. The monotonous diet of mutton and damper did not help the health of diggers, and it is probable that many people, especially during the first years of a rush, were deficient in essential nutrients and vitamins. .

Cando

[stoney]

Cando - thank you so much for this information! What a sad end for both of them. Archibald had left a wife and ten children to travel to the other side of the world, presumably to try his luck in the gold rush - he must have been pretty desperate to go to such lengths.

This finally helps to understand why he disappeared from UK records and draws a line under things.

(Thank you for all your time and help with this, and I'm sorry I haven't replied earlier - unfortunately I've been preoccupied with sorting out an elderly relative who was taken into hospital this last week and also helping care for my brother who has advanced Alzheimers, so I'm afraid Rootschat has had to take a backseat for me. Thanks again for all your help!)

Regards,
Stoney