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[[File:Eureka Monuments.gif|500px|thumb|right|''Map of Victoria showing sites of Ballarat Reform League Inc. monuments,'' Courtesy Ballarat Reform League Inc.]]
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[[File:address.jpg|800px|thumb|right|''John Semmens of the Ballarat Reform League Inc. and Professor Weston Bate stand on the dray addressing the crowd at the unveiling of the monument, 15 December 2005.'']]
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The [[Ballarat Reform League Inc.]] launched a major project in 2003 to place monuments on sites across the Victorian goldfields where there were significant actions that culminated in the formation of the Ballarat Reform League in November 1854 and in the battle at the stockade on the Eureka lead, Ballarat, on 3rd December 1854.
 
The [[Ballarat Reform League Inc.]] launched a major project in 2003 to place monuments on sites across the Victorian goldfields where there were significant actions that culminated in the formation of the Ballarat Reform League in November 1854 and in the battle at the stockade on the Eureka lead, Ballarat, on 3rd December 1854.
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The installation of monuments to commemorate the activity at each of these sites has been documented and supported by informative essays written by eminent historians. Documentation for [[Beechworth]] and [[Bendigo]] is in progress.
 
The installation of monuments to commemorate the activity at each of these sites has been documented and supported by informative essays written by eminent historians. Documentation for [[Beechworth]] and [[Bendigo]] is in progress.
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The Ballarat Reform League Inc. Monuments Project has been generously supported by The Vera Moore Foundation.
 
The Ballarat Reform League Inc. Monuments Project has been generously supported by The Vera Moore Foundation.
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== Also See ==
 
== Also See ==
  
[[Eureka Reform League Inc.]]
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[[Ballarat Reform League Inc.]]
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[[Ballarat Reform League Inc. Ballarat Monuments]]
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[[Ballarat Reform League Inc. Bendigo Monuments]]
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[[Ballarat Reform League Inc. Buninyong Monument]]
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[[Ballarat Reform League Inc. Chewton Monument]]
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[[Ballarat Reform League Inc. Creswick Monument]]
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[[Commemoration]]
  
 
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Revision as of 19:59, 24 June 2016

Map of Victoria showing sites of Ballarat Reform League Inc. monuments, Courtesy Ballarat Reform League Inc.
John Semmens of the Ballarat Reform League Inc. and Professor Weston Bate stand on the dray addressing the crowd at the unveiling of the monument, 15 December 2005.


The Ballarat Reform League Inc. launched a major project in 2003 to place monuments on sites across the Victorian goldfields where there were significant actions that culminated in the formation of the Ballarat Reform League in November 1854 and in the battle at the stockade on the Eureka lead, Ballarat, on 3rd December 1854.


Seven monuments have been erected so far, at Buninyong; Chewton; Beechworth; Bendigo and three in Ballarat at: Bakery Hill; Main Road, Ballarat East; and the Eureka Stockade Memorial Park.

Finding a boulder for the Eureka Stockade monument - John Williams stands by the chosen rock at Learmonth, Courtesy Ballarat Reform League Inc.


The installation of monuments to commemorate the activity at each of these sites has been documented and supported by informative essays written by eminent historians. Documentation for Beechworth and Bendigo is in progress.


The Ballarat Reform League Inc. Monuments Project has been generously supported by The Vera Moore Foundation.


Also See

Ballarat Reform League Inc.

Ballarat Reform League Inc. Ballarat Monuments

Ballarat Reform League Inc. Bendigo Monuments

Ballarat Reform League Inc. Buninyong Monument

Ballarat Reform League Inc. Chewton Monument

Ballarat Reform League Inc. Creswick Monument

Commemoration