Difference between revisions of "Ballarat Reform League Inc. Bendigo Monuments"
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| + | [[File:IMG_0286-wiki.jpg|1000px|thumb|right |''Red Ribbon Movement monument in Rosalind Park, Bendigo, 2013,'' Courtesy Ballarat Heritage Services]] | ||
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| + | On 27 August 1853, after a giant petition known as the Goldfields Petition was rejected by Governor [[Charles La Trobe]], 10,000 diggers met in a well organised meeting to protest meeting wearing a rid ribbon in defiance. | ||
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| + | The Red Ribbon Agitation of 1853 was one of the earliest in the string of events that led ultimately to the [[Eureka Stockade]] uprising in Ballarat. Miners were required to pay a licence fee of 30 shillings a month whether they found gold or not.<ref>http://monumentaustralia.org.au/monument_display.php?id=30387&image=0, downloaded 15 March 2013.</ref> This was seen as an unfair tax. The Red Ribbon Movement was active on the Bendigo diggings where diggers demanded a license fee from 30 shillings to ten shillings. The diggers planned to offer 10 shillings for a license and allow themselves to get arrested so as to cause overcrowding in the prisons, and an increase in administration. | ||
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| + | Agitators involved in the Red Ribbon movement (who sported red ribbons in their hats to symbolise their defiance of the law and the prohibitive licence fees imposed on lucky and unlucky miners alike) organised the [[Bendigo Petition]] in mid-1853. | ||
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| + | The miner’s used the colour red to signify unity and defiance against an unjust government. On 27 August 1853, ten thousand miner’s peacefully protested against the despised 30 shilling mining licence fee. Governor [[Charles La Trobe]] had rejected an earlier petition to axe the fee. Following the agitation, he agreed to removal of the fee for the month of September. Civil liberties and injustices continued until the height of agitations in 1854 at the Eureka Rebellion. <ref>Bendigo Weekly, 27-Aug-2013.</ref> | ||
| + | [[File:BRL Monuments map-wiki2.jpg|800px|thumb|right|''Map of Victoria showing sites of Ballarat Reform League Inc. monuments,'' Courtesy Ballarat Reform League Inc.]] | ||
| + | == Also See == | ||
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| + | [[Ballarat Reform League Inc.]] | ||
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| + | [[Ballarat Reform League Inc. Ballarat Monuments]] | ||
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| + | [[Ballarat Reform League Inc. Buninyong Monument]] | ||
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| + | [[Ballarat Reform League Inc. Chewton Monument]] | ||
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| + | [[Ballarat Reform League Inc. Creswick Monument]] | ||
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| + | [[Red Ribbon Rebellion]] | ||
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| + | [[George Thompson]] | ||
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| + | == Other Sites == | ||
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| + | http://www.ballaratreformleague.org.au | ||
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[[File:IMG_0277-wiki.jpg|800px|thumb|right|''Bendigo monuments in Rosalind Park, 2013,'' Courtesy Ballarat Heritage Services]] | [[File:IMG_0277-wiki.jpg|800px|thumb|right|''Bendigo monuments in Rosalind Park, 2013,'' Courtesy Ballarat Heritage Services]] | ||
| − | [[File: | + | [[File:Becker-wiki.jpg|1000px|thumb|left|''Becker Panel from the monument in Rosalind Park, Bendigo, 2013,'' Courtesy Ballarat Heritage Services]] |
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| + | == References == | ||
| + | <References/> | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:18, 9 November 2014
On 27 August 1853, after a giant petition known as the Goldfields Petition was rejected by Governor Charles La Trobe, 10,000 diggers met in a well organised meeting to protest meeting wearing a rid ribbon in defiance.
The Red Ribbon Agitation of 1853 was one of the earliest in the string of events that led ultimately to the Eureka Stockade uprising in Ballarat. Miners were required to pay a licence fee of 30 shillings a month whether they found gold or not.[1] This was seen as an unfair tax. The Red Ribbon Movement was active on the Bendigo diggings where diggers demanded a license fee from 30 shillings to ten shillings. The diggers planned to offer 10 shillings for a license and allow themselves to get arrested so as to cause overcrowding in the prisons, and an increase in administration.
Agitators involved in the Red Ribbon movement (who sported red ribbons in their hats to symbolise their defiance of the law and the prohibitive licence fees imposed on lucky and unlucky miners alike) organised the Bendigo Petition in mid-1853.
The miner’s used the colour red to signify unity and defiance against an unjust government. On 27 August 1853, ten thousand miner’s peacefully protested against the despised 30 shilling mining licence fee. Governor Charles La Trobe had rejected an earlier petition to axe the fee. Following the agitation, he agreed to removal of the fee for the month of September. Civil liberties and injustices continued until the height of agitations in 1854 at the Eureka Rebellion. [2]
Also See
Ballarat Reform League Inc. Ballarat Monuments
Ballarat Reform League Inc. Buninyong Monument
Ballarat Reform League Inc. Chewton Monument
Ballarat Reform League Inc. Creswick Monument
Other Sites
http://www.ballaratreformleague.org.au
References
- ↑ http://monumentaustralia.org.au/monument_display.php?id=30387&image=0, downloaded 15 March 2013.
- ↑ Bendigo Weekly, 27-Aug-2013.
