Patrick Hannan
Patrick "Paddy" Hannan (* baptized 26 April 1840 in Quin in County Clare in Ireland ; † 4. November 1925 in Brunswick in Melbourne ) was a prospector , who on June 17, 1893 at Kalgoorlie in Western Australia by a Gold Fund started a gold rush.
Hannan's parents were John Hannan and Bridget Lynch. He emigrated to Australia in 1862 .
Hannan, Tom Flanagan and Daniel Shea discovered gold when their horses lost their horseshoes near Mount Charlotte 25 miles from the Coolgardie gold fields. After registering their claim , they found over 100 ounces of gold and three days after filing, 700 gold prospectors were on the gold field.
In 1904 Hannan was awarded an annual pension of £ 100 from the Government of Western Australia. He ended his gold prospecting activities in 1910 and went to Brunswick near Melbourne. He died there in 1925.
The main street and a suburb of Kalgoorlie bear his name and a statue of him was placed there in 1929 by the sculptor John MacLeod. A public Irish pub in Burswood Entertainment Complex is also named after him.
A relief plaque with his portrait is attached to Quin Abbey in Quin, Ireland .
Individual evidence
- ^ ADB entry
- ^ Register of Heritage Places Assessment Documentation (P6) . Retrieved January 26, 2011.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hannan, Patrick |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hannan, Paddy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Gold prospectors in Western Australia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | baptized April 26, 1840 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Quin |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 4, 1925 |
| Place of death | Brunswick |