Thomas Askew Leach

Glenpatrick Gold Diggings - Site of the Leach Family Store..

• General Notes
  • 
    Medical student in England.
    Left his studies to try his luck in the goldrush in Victoria, Australia.
    On board ship he met Miss Emma Joynes, aged 19.  They fell in love and married.
    When the ship docked in Melbourne in 1854 they immediately set off for the goldfields.  They did not have much luck finding gold, and so they set up a general store on the Glenpatrick Diggings where they did a thriving business.
    Unfortunately Mr. Leach suddenly fell sick and died, keaving his widow and 3 children.
    
    

Wife's Pictures

Leach Family General Store at Glenpatrick Diggings - all that remains is the chimney..