Biographical entry: Ballard, Robert
Summary
Papers ca.1862-1899, 1954-1970. Ballard arrived in Australia in 1859 and worked mainly as a civil engineer and mining surveyor. From 1865 to 1886 he was Chief Engineer with the Central and Northern Division of Queensland Railways. Autobiographical and biographical notes, details of the Kenniff Brothers, bushrangers, and of Lake Ballard; newspaper extracts. Photocopies, pp.24. Oxley: O.M.73-8.