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Why does Paddy Hannan go down in history?; What about his mates?
Topic Started: Friday 27-11-2009, 19:51 (165 Views)
Nightjar
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Hello members,
For many years I have pondered why Paddy's mates only got minimal visual/historical recognition in Kalgoorlie/Boulder for their part in one of the greatest gold finds in Australia?

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Paddy claims that, whilst on their way to Mt Youle and looking for a stray horse, Flanagan discovered a substantial piece of gold at Mt Charlotte. When they realised the potential of their find, Hannan decided to seek out Daniel Shea, a mate whom had left a little earlier to Mt Youle and was in the area. This is a claim that Shea's brother later refuted, following the death of Daniel in 1908.

How many people would know or would have ever heard of Flanagan or Shea?
Personally I think this is an injustice and feel it would be in Kalgoorlie/Boulder/Coolgardies's interest to promote this event.
They have a bronze Paddy Hannan sculpture displayed in Hannan Street, where are Flanagan & Shea?

Peter



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Hi Nightjar

I guess it is a bit the same as why Hargraves claimed all the glory for Australias first gold discovery and Lister & Tom were left wondering what happened, It took years for them to get any recognition.

History is a strange thing, and you get different results when looked at from different perspectives.

I guess Paddy got lucky while the others got forgotten.

cheers dave
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