Thomas Hiscock b. 1809

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Blacksmith, gold prospector and sketcher, born in England, he arrived at Geelong in 184. In 1851 he made the first significant discovery of gold in the Port Phillip District, Vic and drew a sketch to commemorate the event.
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blacksmith, gold prospector and sketcher, son of George Hiscock, was born in Berkshire, England. He arrived at Geelong in 1841 on board the Caroline and worked as a blacksmith at nearby Buninyong. There, on 8 August 1851, Hiscock (using 'crowbar and milk-dish’) made the first significant discovery of gold in the Port Phillip District (Victoria), thereby winning the substantial reward offered by Melbourne businessmen for the first gold find. Hiscock’s sketch, Gold at Buninyong (La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria), although dated 8 August 1851, was apparently drawn later as a record of the event. Not too much later, however, as he died at Buninyong in 1855.

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  • Hiscoc, George (child of)
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  • La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)