Tartan Street Signs - Bothwell
| Street | Tartan Name | Sponsor/Donor | Special Comments (Map No.) |
| Dedications/Memory of | |||
| 1.WEST CLYDE :(W to North) | |||
| Meadsfield | Macrae (Ancient) | Brouder Family | In memory of Jenny McRae(Selma) |
| Barr St | Macpherson | Elda Mary Petrescu | |
| Schaw St | Schaw | Michael Polley MHA | |
| Last St | Scrimgeour | Karen Dodderidge | |
| King St | Cameron Paine | Deidre/Tony Flint | |
| Lovers Lane | Lochiel | Bill Paine/Barbara Fowler | |
| Schaw St | Macrae (Conchra) | Catherine Griffiths | |
| Wentworth St | Lindsay | Ian/Anne Downie | |
| Wentworth St | Goggins | Goggins Family | |
| Wentworth St | Ramsay | Mary/Richard Ramsay | |
| Adelaide St | MacGregor | Mollie Bye/Gaylene McCafferty | Memory Goggin Family |
| Logan St | Logan | Barbara Fowler | Ded. to Rev James & Jane Garret |
| Frances St | Taylor | Bowden Family (Cluny) | |
| Wentworth St | Goggins | Goggins Family | |
| Wentworth St | Ramsay | Mary/Richard Ramsay | |
| 2. ELIZABETH ST (West to East) | |||
| Elizabeth St | McDowall | Bignell Family (Thorpe) | |
| Elizabeth St | McGee | J North/ P Lane/ R Correy | |
| Elizabeth St | McLeod | Felicity/Henry Edgell | |
| James Street | Cooper | Lynda/Rod Jeffrey | |
| Dennistoun Rd | Anderson | Jo/Charles Payne | |
| 3. MARKET PL | |||
| Market Pl | Hepburn | Bothwell Historical Society | |
| 4. ALEXANDER St E to W | |||
| Alexander St | Reid | June Buxton | |
| Alexander St | Goggins | N.Goggins and Family | In memory Harold Goggins |
| Alexander St | Campbell (Breadalbane) | Ruth/Marion/Margaret/Heather | In memory Jack C. Campbell |
| Alexander St | Campbell (Breadalbane) | Rae/Colin Campbell | |
| Dennistoun Rd | Black Watch | Andy/Karen Beasant | |
| Dalrymple St | Macarthur Fox | Dorothy Sealy | |
| Queen St | Tasmanian | Dot/Mike Evans | |
| James St | Gordon | Moya/John Falk | |
| NANT LANE | |||
| Nant Lane | Farquarson | Keith Batt | |
| Nant Lane | Thompson | Keith Batt | |
| PATRICK STREET E to W | |||
| Patrick St | Clergy | Bruce/Tanya Lovell | |
| Patrick St | MacDonald | Pat Hughes | |
| Patrick St | Morgan | Alison Morgan | |
| Patrick St | McDowall | Judy/Jeff/Peter Bignell | Mem. Fred/Lucy McDowall |
| Patrick St | Maxwell | Cashion Family | |
| Patrick St | MacLean | Julie/Magna Forfang | |
| Patrick St | Chisholm | June McCrae | |
| Patrick St | Scott | Heatherbelle Harvey | |
| Patrick St | Hanna | Julie/Jeff Herbert | |
| Patrick St | Sinclair | John Brimble | |
| Patrick St | Gunn | Ann/Campbell Gunn | |
| Patrick St | McDougall | Christine Sutton/ Isobel Pyper | |
| Mary St | Allison | Allison Family | Mem. John - "Hunterston" |
| Michael St | Malcolm | Malcolm Campbell | |
| George St | Brodie | Wayne Doran | |
| Archer Dr | Evans | Archer Family | |
| Archer Dr | McCready | Ann/Charles Gossage | Charles Gossage 1850s TOL Bthwll |
| William St | Fraser | Val Donald | |
| Queen St | Tasmanian | Hon Dick Adams, MP | |
| Arthur Cr | Bisset | Bill Bisset | |
| Daprymple | Stuart | Adrienne/Stan Stuart | |
| HIGH STREET (East to West) | |||
| High St | Australian | Internat.Highland Spin-in | |
| High St | MacGill | Marie Magill | |
| High St | Paton | Frances Ibbott | Ded: Dr Paton |
| High St | Ross | Des/Di Hallett | |
| High St | Russell | Di/John Russell Fowler | |
| Mary St | Somerville | Clan Somerville | |
| Michael St | Campbell (Argyle) | Mary Riek | |
| George St | Moore | Maureen Moore | |
| William St | Macdonald of the Isles | Val Donald | |
| Arthur Cres | Hamilton | Meg/Bill Hamilton | |
| FRANKLIN STREET E. to West | |||
| Franklin St | Stewart (hunting) | Heather Butler MHA | |
| Franklin St | Duncan | Duncan Campbell & Family | |
| Franklin St | Douglas | Yoka Douglas | |
| Franklin St | Australian | Internat.Highland Spin-in | |
| Mary St | Buchanan | Cheryl Terry | |
| Michael St | McEwan | Ian McEwing | |
| George St | Lindsay | Peg Hall | |
| Hollow Tree Rd | McIntyre (hunting) | Pam/Jim Coleman | |
| BARRACK St | from Patrick to Elizabeth Streets : | Text Follows: |
The
following street signs represent the story of the Young Irelanders in Van Diemen's
Land—1856 From Patrick St. corner Barrack St.
William
Smith O'Brien,
Patrick O'Donoghoe,
Thomas Francis Meagher,
John Mitchel,
Pat Smyth (who assisted Mitchel,
Meagher and Macmanus to escape) John Martin,
Kevin Todd O'Doherty andTerrence Bellew Macmanus.
These
men were political agitators for the poor of Ireland at the time of the great
"Potato Famine". They were all exiled to Van Diemen's Land in 1848. JOHN
MITCHEL and JOHN
MARTIN were assigned to Bothwell
and when Mitchel's family arrived, Martin
moved with them to Nant Cottage (which still stands).
FRANCIS MEAGHER moved to Campbell
Town for only a few days before moving to Ross
and finally to Lake Sorell (East of Bothwell).
The other four Irish exiles were WILLIAM
SMITH O'BRIEN (to Maria Island,
Port Arthur and lastly to New Norfolk), KEVIN
TODD O'DOHERTY (known as
"Saint Kevin", moved to Elm Cottage at Oatlands), TERENCE
BELLEW MACMANUS (to New Norfolk)
and PATRICK O'DONOGHUE
(to Hobart).
On
their arrival at the port of Hobart, the Assistant Comptroller of Convicts, William
E. Nairn, came aboard their vessels and
presented the prisoners with the conditions of their special paroles or "tickets-of-leave".
"They were to be allotted separate districts,
where they could lodge and within which they could have freedom of movement, but
from which they were not to roam. They were to report their residence to the
police magistrate, and from then on present themselves to the magistrate once
a month. They were not to be absent from their residence after nine o'clock at
night, nor have any contact with each other".
All
accepted a "ticket-of-leave" except
O'Brien. However, after a failed escape attempt, he finally succumbed to a
promise to Governor Denison not to attempt to
escape from this colony during the ensuing six months, namely 9th. November,
1850, to 9th. May, 1851.
Donors
for the Irish Signs: Meryl O'Brien, Dee Alty
in Memory of her mother, Jan Crossland
The
Bothwell Tourism Assn.,
Inc. would like to thank all donors and those involved
with the Street Signs Project for their support and enthusiasm.
A
special "Thank
You" to Central Highlands Council.