Ballarat Reform League Inc. Buninyong Monument

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The first official discovery of gold in the new colony of Victoria was at Buninyong in early August 1851. Before the end of that month the government had decided to charge a large licence fee for the right to search for gold. When news of that decision reached the Buninyong diggings, the first protest on the Victorian goldfields was held.[1]

The monument to that meeting has been placed at the site where it is believed that the meeting took place, in Hiscock Gully Road, about 400 metres from the Midland Highway.[2]