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+ | ::THE LATE MR. JOHN USHER. FROM our Sydney telegrams our readers will observe that a gentleman well-known in this district has passed over to the majority. Mr. John Usher, the well-known mining en-gineer and mining surveyor, died at his residence, Gowrie-street, Newtown, on Monday afternoon, at the age of 58 years. Mr. Usher was a native of Birtley, in Durham. He came to Australia about 36 years ago, and followed his profession in the gold mines of Victoria for several years before he came to New South Wales. He was widely known in mining circles in both colonies, and was generally respected for his upright dealings and sterling character. The immediate cause of death was paralysis of the brain. He was, it will be remembered, a member of the Fern-dale Colliery Commission. His funeral takes place this day.<ref>Newcastle Morning Herald, 30 May 1888.</ref> | ||
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Contents
Background
Goldfields Involvement, 1853-1854
John Usher and his son John Usher Jnr 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
John Usher and his son moved to Newcastle, New South Wales.
Obituary
- THE LATE MR. JOHN USHER. FROM our Sydney telegrams our readers will observe that a gentleman well-known in this district has passed over to the majority. Mr. John Usher, the well-known mining en-gineer and mining surveyor, died at his residence, Gowrie-street, Newtown, on Monday afternoon, at the age of 58 years. Mr. Usher was a native of Birtley, in Durham. He came to Australia about 36 years ago, and followed his profession in the gold mines of Victoria for several years before he came to New South Wales. He was widely known in mining circles in both colonies, and was generally respected for his upright dealings and sterling character. The immediate cause of death was paralysis of the brain. He was, it will be remembered, a member of the Fern-dale Colliery Commission. His funeral takes place this day.[1]
See also
Ballarat Reform League Inc. Monuments Project
Further Reading
References
- ↑ Newcastle Morning Herald, 30 May 1888.
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