Andrew McGavin
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Background
Andrew McGavin was born at Mauchline, Ayr, Scotland on 15 December 1829. He died on 14 March 1912 at Germanton, New South Wales, Australia aged 82. He is buried in the Presbyterian Section of Culcairn Cemetery, Culcairn, New South Wales. He is believed to have arrived in Australia sometime prior to 1853, and signed the 1853 Bendigo Goldfields Petition. He is also recorded in the Ovens Directory of 1857 as being "Andrew McGavin, Dairyman, Hurdle Flat".[1]
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.[2]
Post 1854 Experiences
Andrew eventually lives with his son William Thomas, his wife Julia, and their children at Morven, New South Wales, where they ran a hotel.[3]
- A new Presbyterian Church has also recently been built, and we also learn that Mr Andrew McGavin is about to erect a saw mill at Hurdle Creek.[4]
Family
Andrew McGavin first married Charlotte Jones on 4 May 1854 in Free Presbyterian Church, East Melbourne. Their children were:
1. William Thomas McGavin+
2. Elizabeth McGavin
3. Jane McGavin
4. Andrew Ingram McGavin
5. Charlotte McGavin
6. James McGavin
7. Alfred McGavin
8. Hannah McGavin[5]
See also
Ballarat Reform League Inc. Monuments Project
Further Reading
References
- ↑ https://www.craig-fullerton.com/3870.html, accessed 09 March 2019.
- ↑ https://www.craig-fullerton.com/3870.html, accessed 09 March 2019.
- ↑ https://www.craig-fullerton.com/3870.html, accessed 09 March 2019.
- ↑ OVens and Murray Advertiser, 04 September 1866.
- ↑ https://www.craig-fullerton.com/3870.html, accessed 09 March 2019.
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