| Burton's National Circus | ||||||
| Movements through Australia in 1872-5 | ||||||
| Henry Burton (1823-1900) was Australia's best known circus man in the period 1851-1880. He was the first | ||||||
| circus man to bring his show onto an Australian goldfield (Turon, 1851) and subsequently balzed a trail by taking his circus | ||||||
| overland from Sydney to the new Victorian goldfields early in 1853. A native of Lincolnshire, England, | ||||||
| Burton had been the manager and an equestrian performer in Cooke's Royal Circus, a large English circus. | ||||||
| His first wife was Rosina Lee, a famous equestrienne, better known as Madame Rosina. Burton himself was | ||||||
| known in England for his rendition of the equestrian spectacle of Mazeppa, loosely based on Byron's poem of | ||||||
| the same name. Burton lost his acccumulated wealth in 1880 during a disastrous Sydney season. He died in | ||||||
| obscurity in Melbourne in 1900. His circus was long known as Burton's National Circus until late 1873 when | ||||||
| he entered into partnership with Robert Taylor and their circus was named Burton & Taylor's Grand United | ||||||
| Circus Company. | ||||||
| Reference | Day | Date | Source | Notes | ||
| 24851 | 15-Jan-72 | - | ||||
| 24872 | Mon | 5-Feb-72 | SAA | |||
| 24873 | Tue | 6-Feb-72 | SAA | |||
| 24874 | Wed | 7-Feb-72 | SAA | |||
| 24875 | Thu | 8-Feb-72 | SAA | |||
| 24877 | Sat | 10-Feb-72 | SAA | |||
| 24880 | Tue | 13-Feb-72 | SAA | |||
| 24881 | Wed | 14-Feb-72 | SAA | |||
| 24882 | Thu | 15-Feb-72 | SAA | |||
| 24883 | Fri | 16-Feb-72 | SAA | |||
| 24884 | Sat | 17-Feb-72 | SAA | |||
| 24886 | Mon | 19-Feb-72 | SAA | |||
| 24887 | Tue | 20-Feb-72 | SAA | |||
| 24888 | Wed | 21-Feb-72 | SAA | |||
| 24889 | Thu | 22-Feb-72 | SAA | |||
| 24890 | Fri | 23-Feb-72 | SAA | |||
| 24891 | Sat | 24-Feb-72 | SAA | |||
| 24894 | Tue | 27-Feb-72 | SAA | |||
| 24895 | Wed | 28-Feb-72 | SAA | |||
| 24896 | Thu | 29-Feb-72 | SAA | |||
| 24897 | Fri | 1-Mar-72 | SAA | |||
| 24898 | Sat | 2-Mar-72 | SAA | |||
| 24900 | Mon | 4-Mar-72 | SAA | |||
| 24901 | Tue | 5-Mar-72 | SAA | |||
| 24902 | Wed | 6-Mar-72 | SAA | |||
| 24904 | Fri | 8-Mar-72 | SAA | |||
| 24907 | Mon | 11-Mar-72 | SAA | |||
| 24908 | Tue | 12-Mar-72 | SAA | |||
| 24909 | Wed | 13-Mar-72 | SAA | |||
| 24910 | Thu | 14-Mar-72 | SAA | |||
| 24911 | Fri | 15-Mar-72 | SAA | |||
| 24912 | Sat | 16-Mar-72 | SAA | |||
| 24914 | Mon | 18-Mar-72 | SAA | |||
| 24915 | Tue | 19-Mar-72 | SAA | |||
| 24916 | Wed | 20-Mar-72 | SAA | |||
| 24917 | Thu | 21-Mar-72 | SAA | |||
| 24918 | Fri | 22-Mar-72 | SAA | |||
| 24919 | Sat | 23-Mar-72 | SAA | |||
| 24923 | Wed | 27-Mar-72 | SAA | |||
| 24926 | Sat | 30-Mar-72 | SAA | |||
| 24967 | 10-May-72 | ABP | ||||
| 24968 | 11-May-72 | ABP | ||||
| 25264 | 3-Mar-73 | HM | ||||
| 25262 | 31-Mar-73 | - | ||||
| 25302 | Thu | 10-Apr-73 | SAA | Arrives per ss Aldinga | ||
| 25313 | Mon | 21-Apr-73 | SAA | |||
| 25314 | Tue | 22-Apr-73 | SAA | |||
| 25315 | Wed | 23-Apr-73 | SAA | |||
| 25316 | Thu | 24-Apr-73 | SAA | |||
| 25317 | Fri | 25-Apr-73 | SAA | |||
| 25318 | Sat | 26-Apr-73 | SAA | |||
| 25320 | Mon | 28-Apr-73 | SAA | |||
| 25321 | Tue | 29-Apr-73 | SAA | |||
| 25322 | Wed | 30-Apr-73 | SAA | |||
| 25323 | Thu | 1-May-73 | SAA | |||
| 25324 | Fri | 2-May-73 | SAA | |||
| 25325 | Sat | 3-May-73 | SAA | |||
| 25327 | Mon | 5-May-73 | SAA | |||
| 25328 | Tue | 6-May-73 | SAA | |||
| 25329 | Wed | 7-May-73 | SAA | |||
| 25330 | Thu | 8-May-73 | SAA | |||
| 25331 | Fri | 9-May-73 | SAA | |||
| 25332 | Sat | 10-May-73 | SAA | |||
| 25334 | Mon | 12-May-73 | SAA | |||
| 25335 | Tue | 13-May-73 | SAA | |||
| 25336 | Wed | 14-May-73 | SAA | |||
| 25337 | Thu | 15-May-73 | SAA | |||
| 25338 | Fri | 16-May-73 | SAA | |||
| 25339 | Sat | 17-May-73 | SAA | |||
| 25341 | Mon | 19-May-73 | SAA | |||
| 25352 | Fri | 30-May-73 | SAA | |||
| 25323 | 31-May-73 | |||||
| 25353 | Sat | 31-May-73 | SAA | |||
| 25355 | Mon | 2-Jun-73 | SAA | |||
| 25356 | Tue | 3-Jun-73 | SAA | |||
| 25357 | Wed | 4-Jun-73 | SAA | |||
| 25358 | Thu | 5-Jun-73 | SAA | |||
| 25359 | Fri | 6-Jun-73 | SAA | |||
| 25360 | Sat | 7-Jun-73 | SAA | |||
| 25362 | Mon | 9-Jun-73 | SAA | |||
| 25367 | Sat | 14-Jun-73 | SAA | |||
| 25369 | Mon | 16-Jun-73 | SAA | |||
| 25370 | Tue | 17-Jun-73 | SAA | |||
| 25371 | Wed | 18-Jun-73 | SAA | |||
| 25405 | 22-Jul-73 | Arg | ||||
| 25518 | 12-Nov-73 | ABP | ||||
| 25530 | 24-Nov-73 | WWA | ||||
| 25544 | 8-Dec-73 | YC | Burton & Taylor's Grand United Circus Company | |||
| 25547 | 11-Dec-73 | YC | ||||
| 25548 | 12-Dec-73 | - | ||||
| 25558 | 22-Dec-73 | QA | ||||
| 25694 | 7-May-74 | KO | ||||
| 25695 | 8-May-74 | KO | ||||
| 25696 | 9-May-74 | KO | ||||
| 25724 | 6-Jun-74 | SMH | ||||
| 25817 | 7-Sep-74 | AE | ||||
| 25878 | 7-Nov-74 | BN | ||||
| 25888 | 17-Nov-74 | QA | ||||
| 25890 | 19-Nov-74 | QA | ||||
| 25892 | 21-Nov-74 | - | ||||
| 25894 | 23-Nov-74 | - | ||||
| 25895 | 24-Nov-74 | - | ||||
| 25898 | 27-Nov-74 | - | ||||
| 25901 | 30-Nov-74 | WWA | ||||
| 25902 | 30-Nov-74 | BE | ||||
| 25936 | Mon | 4-Jan-75 | AM | |||
| 25937 | Tue | 5-Jan-75 | AM | |||
| 26049 | 27-Apr-75 | KO | ||||
| 26050 | 28-Apr-75 | KO | ||||
| 26051 | 29-Apr-75 | KO | ||||
| 26023 | 30-Apr-75 | - | ||||
| 26052 | 30-Apr-75 | KO | ||||
| 26056 | Tue | 4-May-75 | TT | |||
| 26072 | Thu | 20-May-75 | BE | |||
| 26073 | Fri | 21-May-75 | WD | |||
| 26074 | Sat | 22-May-75 | WD | |||
| 26076 | Mon | 24-May-75 | OMA | |||
| 26077 | Tue | 25-May-75 | OMA | |||
| 26079 | Thu | 27-May-75 | ABP | |||
| 26111 | Mon | 28-Jun-75 | BC | |||
| 26084 | 30-Jun-75 | WWA | ||||
| 26133 | Tue | 20-Jul-75 | RMB | |||
| 26134 | Wed | 21-Jul-75 | MC | |||
| 26147 | Tue | 3-Aug-75 | MC | |||
| 26148 | Wed | 4-Aug-75 | MC | |||
| 26149 | Thu | 5-Aug-75 | MC | |||
| 26155 | Wed | 11-Aug-75 | MC | |||
| 26158 | Sat | 14-Aug-75 | MC | |||
| 26171 | Fri | 27-Aug-75 | BC | |||
| 26173 | Sun | 29-Aug-75 | BC | |||
| 26174 | Mon | 30-Aug-75 | BC | |||
| 26176 | Wed | 1-Sep-75 | ABP | |||
| 26202 | Mon | 27-Sep-75 | AE | |||
| 26204 | Wed | 29-Sep-75 | AE | |||
| 26220 | Fri | 15-Oct-75 | NMH | |||
| 26221 | Sat | 16-Oct-75 | NMH | |||
| 26223 | Mon | 18-Oct-75 | NMH | |||
| 26233 | Thu | 28-Oct-75 | MM | |||
| 26206 | 31-Oct-75 | NMH | ||||
| 26206 | 31-Oct-75 | NMH | ||||
| 26242 | Fri | 6-Nov-75 | MM | |||
| 26251 | Mon | 15-Nov-75 | - | |||
| 26256 | Sat | 20-Nov-75 | BN | |||
| 26270 | Sat | 4-Dec-75 | WWA | |||
| 26286 | Mon | 20-Dec-75 | WWA | |||