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[[File:Bendigo-Petition2.JPG|500px|thumb|right|''Bendigo Goldfields Petition Cover,'' August 1853. State Library of Victoria (MS 12440) | [[File:Bendigo-Petition2.JPG|500px|thumb|right|''Bendigo Goldfields Petition Cover,'' August 1853. State Library of Victoria (MS 12440) | ||
and Condemned them to hard labor on the Public Roads of the Colony - A proceeding Your Petitioners maintain to be contrary to the spirit of the British Law which does not recognise the principle of the Subject being a Criminal because he is indebted to the State<br/> | and Condemned them to hard labor on the Public Roads of the Colony - A proceeding Your Petitioners maintain to be contrary to the spirit of the British Law which does not recognise the principle of the Subject being a Criminal because he is indebted to the State<br/> | ||
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Dark's signature (above) H Dark Northam. | Dark's signature (above) H Dark Northam. | ||
− | From before 1726 the Dark family lived around Alwington, Northam, Devon, England. Samuel Dark born to Richard (1726 Northam), bore a son Richard Dark born 15 December 1761 at Alwington, Northam. Richard (b 1761) produced Samuel Dark born 2 December 1804 at Alwington, Northam. Samuel married Anne Rowe on 31 March 1831 at Northam. This couple emigrated to Australia on the vessel [[Elizabeth]] with their children: Thomas aged 16, Richard 12, William 10, Samuel 8 and John 6 years. On reaching Australia they were employed by Mr Moffatt of Burrnarra at 46 pounds per annum. The terms of employment were for 12 months with rations.<ref>Assistant Emigration Fiche 026, Book 4A/35</ref> | + | From before 1726 the Dark family lived around Alwington, Northam, [[Devon]], [[England]]. Samuel Dark born to Richard (1726 Northam), bore a son Richard Dark born 15 December 1761 at Alwington, Northam. Richard (b 1761) produced Samuel Dark born 2 December 1804 at Alwington, Northam. Samuel married Anne Rowe on 31 March 1831 at Northam. This couple emigrated to Australia on the vessel [[Elizabeth]] with their children: Thomas aged 16, Richard 12, William 10, Samuel 8 and John 6 years. On reaching Australia they were employed by Mr Moffatt of Burrnarra at 46 pounds per annum. The terms of employment were for 12 months with rations.<ref>Assistant Emigration Fiche 026, Book 4A/35</ref> |
It seems probable that Dark from Northam is a relative of this family. | It seems probable that Dark from Northam is a relative of this family. | ||
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[[Ballarat Reform League Inc. Monuments Project]] | [[Ballarat Reform League Inc. Monuments Project]] | ||
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==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
Latest revision as of 19:01, 30 June 2020
Contents
Background
Dark's signature (above) H Dark Northam.
From before 1726 the Dark family lived around Alwington, Northam, Devon, England. Samuel Dark born to Richard (1726 Northam), bore a son Richard Dark born 15 December 1761 at Alwington, Northam. Richard (b 1761) produced Samuel Dark born 2 December 1804 at Alwington, Northam. Samuel married Anne Rowe on 31 March 1831 at Northam. This couple emigrated to Australia on the vessel Elizabeth with their children: Thomas aged 16, Richard 12, William 10, Samuel 8 and John 6 years. On reaching Australia they were employed by Mr Moffatt of Burrnarra at 46 pounds per annum. The terms of employment were for 12 months with rations.[1]
It seems probable that Dark from Northam is a relative of this family.
Goldfields Involvement, 1853-1854
Signed the 1853 Bendigo Goldfields Petition. Agitation of the Victorian goldfields started with the Forest Creek Monster Meeting in 1851, but what became known as the Red Ribbon Movement was centred around the Bendigo goldfields in 1853. The Anti-Gold License Association was formed at Bendigo in June 1853, led by George Thomson, Dr D.G. Jones and 'Captain' Edward Browne. The association focused its attention on the 30 shillings monthly licence fee miners were required to pay to the government. They drew up a petition outlining digger grievances and called for a reduced licence fee, improved law and order, the right to vote and the right to buy land. The petition was signed by diggers at Bendigo, Ballarat, Castlemaine, McIvor (Heathcote), Mount Alexander (Harcourt) and other diggings. The 13 metre long petition was presented to Lieutenant-Governor Charles La Trobe in Melbourne on the 01 August 1853, but their call for a reduction in monthly licence fees and land reform for diggers was rejected. The diggers dissatisfaction erupted into the Red Ribbon Rebellion where agitators wore red ribbons on their hats symbolising their defiance of the law and prohibitive licence fees.
Post 1854 Experiences
See also
Bendigo Goldfields Petition Ballarat Reform League Inc. Monuments Project
Further Reading
References
- ↑ Assistant Emigration Fiche 026, Book 4A/35
External links
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