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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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That the impost of Thirty Shillings a Month is unjust because the successful and unsuccessful Digger are assessed in the same ratio<br/>
 
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For these reasons and others which could be enumerated Your Petitioners pray Your Excellency to Grant the following Petition<br/>
 
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* First. To direct that the Licence Fee be reduced to Ten Shillings a Month<br/>
 
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* Secondly To direct that Monthly or Quarterly Licenses be issued at the option of the Applicants<br/>
 
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* Thirdly To direct that new arrivals or invalids be allowed on registering their names at the Commissioners Office fifteen clear days residence on the Gold Fields before the License be enforced<br/>
 
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* Fourthly To afford greater facility to Diggers and others resident on the Gold Fields who wish to engage in Agricultural Pursuits for investing their earnings in small allotments of land<br/>
 
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* Fifthly To direct that the Penalty of Five Pounds for non-possession of License be reduced to One Pound<br/>
 
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* Sixthly To direct that (as the Diggers and other residents on the Gold Fields of the Colony have uniformly developed a love of law and order) the sending of an Armed Force to enforce the License Tax be discontinued.<br/>
 
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Your Petitioners would respectfully submit to Your Excellency's consideration in favour of the reduction of the License Fee that many Diggers and other residents on the Gold-fields who are debarred from taking a License under the present System would if the Tax were reduced to Ten Shillings a Month cheerfully comply with the Law so that the License Fund instead of being diminished would be increased<br/>
 
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Your Petitioners would also remind your Excellency that a Petition is the only mode by which they can submit their wants to your Excellency's consideration as although they contribute more to the Exchequer that half the Revenue of the Colony they are the largest class of Her Majesty's Subjects in the Colony unrepresented<br/>
 
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And your Petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray etc.]]
 
  
 
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[[File:IMG_0286-wiki.jpg|1000px|thumb|right|''Red Ribbon Movement Monument in Rosalind Park, Bendigo [detail], 2013.'' Ballarat Heritage Services Picture Collection]]
  
 
==Background==
 
==Background==
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Emil Pohl was born in [[Germany]]. He was Chairman of the Ballarat German Association in 1857.<ref>Ballarat Star, 15 July 1857.</ref> In 1854 Emil Pohl was licensee of the Victoria Hotel in [[Castlemaine]]. He was involved with the Monster Meeting of 09 May 1854 at Agitation Hill, [[Castlemaine]].
  
 
==Goldfields Involvement, 1853-1854==
 
==Goldfields Involvement, 1853-1854==
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==Post 1854 Experiences==
 
==Post 1854 Experiences==
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Emil Pohl was naturalised in 1856.<ref>https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=1809920&isAv=N, accessed 13 March 2021.</ref>
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::GERMAN LUTHERAN CHURCH.
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::A meeting was held yesterday, Sunday, 28th June, at the Prince Albert Hotel, for the purpose of erecting a German Lutheran Church and school. Mr Emil Pohl in the chair.
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::The particulars with regard to the former meeting having been read by the Secretary. Mr Ahrens stated that they had been promised the support of the Municipal Council, Ballarat East, for obtaining lite grant of a piece of land suitable for the erection of a German Church and school.
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::The report of the treasurer was read, stating the amount of moneys collected up to this day, to be £90 14s.
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::Mr John Ahrens proposed special subscription lists to be laid open by the members of the committee, with a view of securing weekly instalments of one shilling per subscriber.
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::Seconded by Mr A. Pohl. Carried unanimously.
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::Mr Carl Wiesenhavern moved, " That the gentlemen to whom the subscription lists arc entrusted, should render an account to the Treasurer every fortnight for moneys received."
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::Seconded by Mr Ernst Booth. Carried. ' Mr A. Pohl proposed, "That a public meeting for the furtherance of this great object be held every fortnight."
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::Seconded by Mr Charles Wiesenhavern.
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::Carried.<ref>Ballarat Star, 29 June 1857.</ref>
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::The concert for the benefit of Professor Neuermeyer's magnetic observatory went off with great eclaim on Wednesday evening. The stars of the evening were Herren Siede and Iverson, the former on the flute and the latter on the violin. Herr Julius Siede has been too long known as a first class performer to need any praise. Suffice it to say that on Tarrangower he proved that his reputation was well deserved. Herr Iverson, though an amateur, performed solos on the violin in a manner to he equalled, but not excelled, only by Miska Hauser, with whom he was a fellow pupil. Indeed many persons preferred his playing to that of his more celebrated confrere. Several English songs were excellently sung by Herr Emil Pohl, who arrived here from Ballarat expressly for the purpose of assisting (as an amateur) in this entertainment. Several first-rate songs were sung by Dr. Kupferbarg, among them the Marsellaise [sic], which was sung in a most spirited style. The full choruses were excellent. The entertainment, by far the most perfect we have yet had, terminated with "Rule Britannia," in full chorus. The room was then cleared for dancing, which continued till past 5 next morning, when the company separated, well pleased with the bill of fare presented to them.<ref>Mount Alexander Mail, 24 May 1858.</ref>
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::The following paragraph is from the Times of Germany, a paper published at Frankfort on the Maine: “Mr Emil Pohl, the London partner of the well known champagne firm of Wachter and Go., Epernay, has received from H.R.H. the Grand-Duke of Hesse Darmstadt, the Golden Cross (Sanitiita-Kreuz)  for services rendered to the sick and wounded during the Franco-German war. Mr Pohl is well-known in this colony. He was formerly a stock and share broker both in Melbourne and Ballarat.<ref>Ballarat Star, 05 November 1873.</ref>
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Pohl eventually worked as a stockbroker at 34 Collins street, Melbourne.<ref>The Age, 07 September 1859.</ref>
  
 
== Obituary ==
 
== Obituary ==

Latest revision as of 17:34, 13 March 2021

Bendigo Goldfields Petition Cover, August 1853. State Library of Victoria (MS 12440)
Red Ribbon Movement Monument in Rosalind Park, Bendigo [detail], 2013. Ballarat Heritage Services Picture Collection

Background

Emil Pohl was born in Germany. He was Chairman of the Ballarat German Association in 1857.[1] In 1854 Emil Pohl was licensee of the Victoria Hotel in Castlemaine. He was involved with the Monster Meeting of 09 May 1854 at Agitation Hill, Castlemaine.

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

Emil Pohl was naturalised in 1856.[2]

GERMAN LUTHERAN CHURCH.
A meeting was held yesterday, Sunday, 28th June, at the Prince Albert Hotel, for the purpose of erecting a German Lutheran Church and school. Mr Emil Pohl in the chair.
The particulars with regard to the former meeting having been read by the Secretary. Mr Ahrens stated that they had been promised the support of the Municipal Council, Ballarat East, for obtaining lite grant of a piece of land suitable for the erection of a German Church and school.
The report of the treasurer was read, stating the amount of moneys collected up to this day, to be £90 14s.
Mr John Ahrens proposed special subscription lists to be laid open by the members of the committee, with a view of securing weekly instalments of one shilling per subscriber.
Seconded by Mr A. Pohl. Carried unanimously.
Mr Carl Wiesenhavern moved, " That the gentlemen to whom the subscription lists arc entrusted, should render an account to the Treasurer every fortnight for moneys received."
Seconded by Mr Ernst Booth. Carried. ' Mr A. Pohl proposed, "That a public meeting for the furtherance of this great object be held every fortnight."
Seconded by Mr Charles Wiesenhavern.
Carried.[3]


The concert for the benefit of Professor Neuermeyer's magnetic observatory went off with great eclaim on Wednesday evening. The stars of the evening were Herren Siede and Iverson, the former on the flute and the latter on the violin. Herr Julius Siede has been too long known as a first class performer to need any praise. Suffice it to say that on Tarrangower he proved that his reputation was well deserved. Herr Iverson, though an amateur, performed solos on the violin in a manner to he equalled, but not excelled, only by Miska Hauser, with whom he was a fellow pupil. Indeed many persons preferred his playing to that of his more celebrated confrere. Several English songs were excellently sung by Herr Emil Pohl, who arrived here from Ballarat expressly for the purpose of assisting (as an amateur) in this entertainment. Several first-rate songs were sung by Dr. Kupferbarg, among them the Marsellaise [sic], which was sung in a most spirited style. The full choruses were excellent. The entertainment, by far the most perfect we have yet had, terminated with "Rule Britannia," in full chorus. The room was then cleared for dancing, which continued till past 5 next morning, when the company separated, well pleased with the bill of fare presented to them.[4]


The following paragraph is from the Times of Germany, a paper published at Frankfort on the Maine: “Mr Emil Pohl, the London partner of the well known champagne firm of Wachter and Go., Epernay, has received from H.R.H. the Grand-Duke of Hesse Darmstadt, the Golden Cross (Sanitiita-Kreuz) for services rendered to the sick and wounded during the Franco-German war. Mr Pohl is well-known in this colony. He was formerly a stock and share broker both in Melbourne and Ballarat.[5]

Pohl eventually worked as a stockbroker at 34 Collins street, Melbourne.[6]

Obituary

See also

Bendigo Goldfields Petition

Ballarat Reform League Inc. Monuments Project

Further Reading

References

  1. ↑ Ballarat Star, 15 July 1857.
  2. ↑ https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=1809920&isAv=N, accessed 13 March 2021.
  3. ↑ Ballarat Star, 29 June 1857.
  4. ↑ Mount Alexander Mail, 24 May 1858.
  5. ↑ Ballarat Star, 05 November 1873.
  6. ↑ The Age, 07 September 1859.

External links

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