Joseph Davies
Subtitle: Bendigo hero
By: Faye Guthrie.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Guthrigg Genealogy
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Ringwood, Vic., Australia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 155
Subjects: Davies, Joseph, 1865-1919.; Davis family.; Gold miners -- Australia -- Biography.; Heroes -- Australia -- Biography.; Gold mines and mining -- Australia -- Bendigo (Vic.) -- Accidents.; Rescues -- Australia -- Bendigo (Vic.); Victoria -- Genealogy.
Description: Joseph Davies was born in 1865 at Manton's Gully, Victoria, the son of Ricard and Mary Janes Davies. He was a miner at Golfields Consolidated Mine at Bendigo in 1909 when he risked his life to save a friend in a mine accident. He died in 1919 at Parkville, Victoria.

Richards Davies was born in 1827 at St. Dogmaels, Pembrokeshire, Wales. He immigrated to Australia and married Mary Jones at Melbourne in 1853. They had eleven children, 1854-1875. He died at Job's Gully, Eaglehawk, Victoria, in 1893. Includes descendants of their daughter, Sarah Ann Davies Ryrie (1858-1941), wife of James Ryrie (1862-1917), and their son, Thomas Davis (1863-1926). Most descendants listed lived in Victoria.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 109) and index.