Asquith Christian Gold Finder in Bendigo Australia
Christian Asquith was born in London in 1800 the son of George Asquith and Ann Davis.
By 1851 Christian had married Susannah Smith Asquith in Australia and the family lived in Melbourne.
In 1851 Christian Asquith, along with a handful of people found Gold near his hut in Back Creek in Sandhurst now known as Bendigo. In 1890 after Christian died in 1857, the Government held an Inquiry but failed to establish which person found it first. Bendigo became one of the World's greatest gold rushes.
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Lisa Smith 8/24/08