David Syme - Australia

Australia

Early in 1852 Syme sailed for Australia in a badly provisioned vessel, and arrived at Sydney in a half-starved condition. Syme took the first steamer for Melbourne and walked to Castlemaine. Syme had some success there and at the Bendigo, Wangaratta, Ballarat and Beechworth diggings. In 1855, at Mount Egerton, Syme and his partner almost obtained a fortune, but their claim, which afterwards became very valuable, was jumped by other men and they were unable to obtain recompense.

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