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==Background==
 
==Background==

Revision as of 13:33, 10 September 2013

Lieutenant-Governor Charles La Trobe
Courtesy Ballarat Heritage Services

Background

Governor Charles LaTrobe visited Ballarat towards the end of September 1951.

On 01 August 1853 Governor Charles La Trobe had been presented with a monster petition seeking immediate reform of government administration. The thirteen metre petition contained thousands of signatures collected throughout the Victorian goldfields. It was couched in Chartist terms, and caused LaTrobe to write to London warning of political unrest. [1]

Goldfields Involvement, 1854

In May 1854 Charles LaTrobe retired.

In June 1854 Lieutenant Governor Charles La Trobe was replaced by Sir Charles Hotham. [2]

Post 1854 Experiences

See also

Chartism

Charles Hotham

Red Ribbon Rebellion

Further Reading

Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.


References

  1. Eureka: The First Australian Republic?, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery and Public Record Office Victoria, 1997, p1.
  2. Supplement to the Ballarat Courier, 27 March 1998, p. 3.

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