Red Ribbon Rebellion

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Goldfields unrest about the Gold License free centred in Bendigo in 1853. 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.

The Bendigo diggers held meetings and the Red Ribbon Moevement spread to the other goldfields including Ballarat.


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