Ernest McDonald

Ernest McDonald was a young man who drowned in a Redan quarry.

History
McDonald was drowned in one of the Redan quarries on 13 February 1901: "BALLARAT. FOUND DROWNED. Ernest M'Donald, aged 21, a resident of Cobden-street (now called Bell Street), Redan, was found drowned on Thursday in Ryan's quarry hole, Pleasant street. Deceased left home on Wednesday night for the purpose of going to Lake Wendouree to fish, taking with him a rod and line. As he had not returned home at a late hour an alarm was raised, and at midnight the rod was found near the brink of the quarry hole, while at daylight the body of M'Donald was discovered in the water. It is thought that in taking a short cut by the hole to the lake his foot struck a boulder, and, falling over the bank, he was drowned while in an unconscious condition. Deceased was employed at the woollen mills."